All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.

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

About things on which the public thinks long it commonly attains to think right.

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance.

Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened.

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.