I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.

The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied.

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood.

Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are certain, from those which may deceive; for a man may have the external appearance of a patriot, without the constituent qualities; as false coins have often lustre, though they want weight.

A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures.