"The stoical scheme of supplying our wants, by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes."

"Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few."

"The virtue of a woman is often a greater torment to her husband than her vice."

"It is computed, that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end."

"That was excellently observed', say I, when I read a passage in an author, where his opinion agrees with mine. When we differ, there I pronounce him to be mistaken."