The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour.

But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the pleasure of possession, will be for some time our sorrow for the loss.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age.

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.