“Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.”

“Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.”

“Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.”

“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”

“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it; for, however absurd it may be thought to boast an honour by an act which shows that it was conferred without merit, yet most men seem rather inclined to confess the want of virtue than of importance.”

“Be not too hasty," said Imlac, "to trust or to admire the teachers of morality: they discourse like angels, but they live like men.”

“A secret in his mouth, is like a wild bird put into a cage; whose door no sooner opens, but 'tis out.”