The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it must be avoided generally by the science of sparing.

Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Allegories drawn to great length will always break.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.