A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as much to enforce their maxims by the credit of their lives

Since life itself is uncertain, nothing which has life for its basis can boast much stability.

Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before him.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.