Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.

He that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make his grandson rich.

The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth in a few words.

Then with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.