I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding.

A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.

A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.

What is said upon a subject is gathered from an hundred people.

He that shall peruse the political pamphlets of any past reign will wonder why they were so eagerly read, or so loudly praised.

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.