“Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire. ”

“A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying in other words that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.”

“If you want to know what God thinks about money just look at the people He gives it to.”

“Sure flattery never traveled so far as three thousand miles; it is now only for truth, which over takes all things, to reach you at this distance.”

“For he lives twice who can at once employ,The present well, and e’en the past enjoy.”

“If it be the chief point of friendship to comply with a friend's notions and inclinations he possesses this is an eminent degree; he lies down when I sit, and walks when I walk, which is more that many good friends can pretend to do.”

“Happy the man, whose wish and careA few paternal acres bound,Content to breathe his native airIn his own ground.”