I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.