“It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.”

“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”

“Better to save a citizen than to kill an enemy.”

“It is better to live rich than to die rich.”

“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.”

“I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.”

“Do not suffer life to stagnate, it will grow muddy for want of motion; commit yourself again to the current of the world.”