I am always for getting a boy forward in his learning, for that is sure good. I would let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention; because you have done a great deal when you have brought him to have entertainment from a book. He'll get better books afterwards.

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.

There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.