The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply.

Apologies are seldom of any use.

It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb.

Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.