Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.

His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.

We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful.

Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered how much happiness is gained, and how much misery escaped, by frequent and violent agitation of the body.