The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Round numbers are always false.
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
It is not often that any man can have so much knowledge of another, as is necessary to make instruction useful.