The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed, if he has but prudence..

Men may be very learned, and yet very miserable; it is easy to be a deep geometrician, or a sublime astronomer, but very difficult to be a good man. ….

Don't let us make imaginary evils, when you know we have so many real ones to encounter..

To a philosopher no circumstance, however trifling, is too minute..

I can't say whether we had more wit among us now than usual, but I am certain we had more laughing, which answered the end as well..

Error is ever talkative..

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long..

I find you want me to furnish you with argument and intellects too. No, sir, these, I protest you, are too hard for me..

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….

There is yet a silent agony in which the mind appears to disdain all external help, and broods over its distresses with gloomy reserve. This is the m….

The wretch condemn'd with life to part, Still, still on hope relies; And every pang that rends the heart Bids expectation rise..

In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach..

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

Thus let me hold thee to my heart, And every care resign: And we shall never, never part, My life-my all that's mine!.

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….

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….

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

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

The polite of every country seem to have but one character. A gentleman of Sweden differs but little, except in trifles, from one of any other countr….

Who pepper'd the highest was surest to please..

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?.