You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

I have adopted the Roman sentiment, that it is more honorable to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.

What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.

There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity.