Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.

The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercized in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.

Nature never gives everything at once.

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.