Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Too much vigor in the beginning of an undertaking often intercepts and prevents the steadiness and perseverance always necessary in the conduct of a complicated scheme.

Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.

There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt.

A man, doubtful of his dinner, or trembling at a creditor, is not much disposed to abstracted meditation, or remote enquiries.