If we look round the world, there seem to be not above six distinct varieties in the human species, each of which is strongly marked, and speaks the ….

Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any ind….

I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts..

Thou source of all my bliss and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so..

Error is ever talkative..

Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature..

Nothing is so contemptible as that affectation of wisdom, which some display, by universal incredulity..

The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy..

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition..

For praise too dearly lov'd, or warmly sought, Enfeebles all internal strength of thought; And the weak soul within itself unblest, Leans for all ple….

Quality and title have such allurements that hundreds are ready to give up all their own importance, to cringe, to flatter, to look little, and to pa….

Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law..

But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealt….

Life has been compared to a race, but the allusion improves by observing, that the most swift are usually the least manageable and the most likely to….

How wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land..

Politics resemble religion; attempting to divest either of ceremony is the most certain mode of bringing either into contempt..

In proportion as society refines, new books must ever become more necessary..

Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind..

Blest be that spot, where cheerful guests retire To pause from toil, and trim their evening fire; Blest that abode, where want and pain repair, And e….

A book may be very amusing with numerous errors, or it may be very dull without a single absurdity..

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure..