Among many reasons for being stupid it may be urged, it is being like other people, and living like one's neighbours, and indeed without it, it may b….

I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and pa….

The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of….

It is very unreasonable of people to expect one should be at home, because one is in the house. Of all privileges, that of invisibility is the most v….

I often think that those people are the happiest who know nothing at all of the world, and sitting in the little empire of the fireside, where there ….

Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?.

Our collection of men is very antique, they stand in my list thus: A man of sense, a little rusty, a beau a good deal the worse for wearing, a coxcom….

She kindly laments that I am not of the party, and to be sure I honour great ladies, and I admire great wits, but I am of the same opinion in regard ….

Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and cata….

To judge therefore of Shakespeare by Aristotle's rule is like trying a man by the Laws of one Country who acted under those of another..

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die..

it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it..

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of..

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it..

I never invite idiots to my house..

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you..

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire..

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman..

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress..