There may be community of material possessions, but there can never be community of love or esteem.

Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

He who writes much will not easily escape a manner, such a recurrence of particular modes as may be easily noted.

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour.

Political liberty is only good insofar as it produces private liberty.