Avoid shame, but do not seek glory; nothing so expensive as glory.
What two ideas are more inseparable than beer and Britannia?
Manners are the shadows of virtues; the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love, and respect.
Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.
I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.
A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.