Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetic.

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Where there is emulation, there will be vanity; where there is vanity, there will be folly.

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species of falsehood is more frequent than flattery, to which the coward is betrayed by fear, the dependent by interest, and the friend by tenderness: those who are neither servile nor timorous are yet desirous to bestow pleasure; and, while unjust demands of praise continue to be made, there will always be some whom hope, fear, or kindness will dispose to pay them.

Whisky making is the art of making poison pleasant