Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.