Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not the conclusion, but is diligent to mark how it is inferred; they read for other purposes than the attainment of practical knowledge; and are no more likely to grow wise by an examination of a treatise of moral prudence, than an architect to inflame his devotion by considering attentively the proportions of a temple.

Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by experience of its contrary.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.

A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman.

An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.