Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.

Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against him.

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly: he may cheat at cards genteelly

The future is bought with the present.

Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt.

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

While an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate him by his best.