A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to us than the proof it carries with it of the general tenor and disposition of the mind from whence it sprung.

Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.

I have often thought that the nature of women was interior to that of men in general, but superior in particular.

Out of mind as soon as out of sight.

Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.

Human knowledge is the parent of doubt.