“Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.”

“Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.”

“Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!”

“The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.”

“Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.”

“If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still.”

“Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.”