Discourses on subjects above our comprehension... it's like listening to an unknown language.

The dusky night rides down the sky, / And ushers in the morn; / The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough. I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

There is not in the universe amore ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, the other is to get rid of one.

These kind of hair-breadth missings of happiness look like the insults of fortune.

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms.

Guilt hath very quick ears to an accusation.

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.