I look upon every day to be lost in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
men do not suspect faults which they do not commit
A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man because he has both enjoyments.
You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry,...
We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinions because we very often differ from ourselves.
To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough.
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands t...
Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
What is easy is seldom excellent.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.
A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.
My congratulations to you, sir. Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty sickness and captivity would without this comfort be insupportable.
A fly Sir may sting a stately horse and make him wince but one is but an insect and the other a horse still.
