Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
One of the disadvantages of wine is that is makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
Exercise is labor without weariness.
I know not why any one but a schoolboy in his declamation should whine over the Commonwealth of Rome, which grew great only by the misery of the rest of mankind. The Romans, like others, as soon as th...
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficu...
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
He that has much to do will do something wrong.
Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult.
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilisation
Language is the dress of thought.
Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.