The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.

We are told, that the black bear is innocent; but I should not like to trust myself with him.

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe each other. When speech is employed only as the vehicle of falsehood, every man must disunite himself from others, inhabit his own cave and seek prey only for himself.