As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too.

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

Everybody loves to have things which please the palate put in their way, without trouble or preparation.

Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

Luncheon: as much food as one's hand can hold.