Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most.

The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it.

To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.

A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has the additional disadvantage of of being in danger.

No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.