Smoking is a shocking thing - blowing smoke out of our mouths into other people's mouths, eyes, and noses, and having the same thing done to us.

Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad.

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.

For who is pleased with himself.

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things we have known.

Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness can be attained: but those who are not yet subject to their influence may, by timely caution, preserve their freedom.