Remember that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity long continued will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?

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

Where necessity ends, desire and curiosity begin; and no sooner are we supplied with everything nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.

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.

He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.