It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached.

Nature never gives everything at once.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate.

The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers.

People seldom read a book which is given to them; and few are given. The way to spread a work is to sell it at a low price. No man will send to buy a thing that costs even sixpence without an intention to read it.

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