The most reserved of men, that will not exchange two syllables together in an English coffee-house, should they meet at Ispahan, would drink sherbet and eat a mess of rice together.

Love can be founded upon Nature only.

Deference often shrinks and withers as much upon the approach of intimacy as the sensitive plant does upon the touch of one's finger.

A man has generally the good or ill qualities which he attributes to mankind.

Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.

There are no persons more solicitous about the preservation of rank than those who have no rank at all. Observe the humors of a country christening, and you will find no court in Christendom so ceremonious as the quality of Brentford.

There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.