Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities, which we might with innocence and safety, be known to want. Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy; affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly.

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are to tell the truth.

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

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.