Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his way thither the sooner in a grey one.

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.

That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to be happy, it is foolish to indulge; and if it be a duty to preserve our faculties entire for their proper use, it is criminal. Suspicion is very often an useless pain.

He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.