I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.

It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.

Bashfulness may sometimes exclude pleasure, but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse.

No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

The good of our present state is merely comparative, and the evil which every man feels will be sufficient to disturb and harass him if he does not know how much he escapes.