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

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest.

There are certain topicks which are never exhausted. Of some images and sentiments the mind of man may be said to be enamoured; it meets them, however often they occur, with the same ardour which a lover feels at the sight of his mistress, and parts from them with the same regret when they can no longer be enjoyed.