It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.

The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions.

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.

What is the reason that women servants ... have much lower wages than men servants ... when in fact our female house servants work much harder than the male?

They who most loudly clamour for liberty do not most liberally grant it.

How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.