It happens a little unluckily that the persons who have the most infinite contempt of money are the same that have the strongest appetite for the pleasures it procures.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.

It is true there is nothing displays a genius, I mean a quickness of genius, more than a dispute; as two diamonds, encountering, contribute to each other's luster. But perhaps the odds is much against the man of taste in this particular.

Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.

It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.