I would advise you, Sir, to study algebra, if you are not an adept already in it: your head would get less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbours about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.

It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.

Governors being accustomed to hear of more crimes than they can punish, and more wrongs than they can redress, set themselves at ease by indiscriminate negligence, and presently forget the request when they lose sight of the petitioner.

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

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.