Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.

When I am in the country, I wish to vegetate like the country.

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.

We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone.

A situation in a public office is secure, but laborious and mechanical, and without the great springs of life, hope and fear.

One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.