All is not gold that glitters, as we have often been told; and the adage is verified in your place and my favour; but if what happens does not make us richer, we must bid it welcome, if it makes us wiser.

The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity are adopted with design.

No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous.

No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.