Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice.

I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.

Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life.

It is commonly a weak man who marries for love.

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

When a Man is tried of London, he is tired of life.

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.