From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

The hapless wit has his labors always to begin, the call for novelty is never satisfied, and one jest only raises expectation of another.

Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its own sophisms, and keep it on guard against the fallacies which it practices on others

Laws teach us to know when we commit injury and when we suffer it.

Faults and defects every work of man must have.