There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

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

It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any profession.

None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.

If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

There is in this world no real delight (excepting those of sensuality), but exchange of ideas in conversation.