Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal.

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Few moments are more pleasing than those in which the mind is concerting measures for a new undertaking.

It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.

Celestial wisdom calms the mind.