"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are of the same kind."

"It is a miserable thing to be a man of sense in a country where the generality of the people are fools."

"One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid."

"It is computed, that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end."

"Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives, and the sincerest part of our devotion."