“ Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ”

“ It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. ”

“ All theory is against freedom of the will all experience for it. ”

“ I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. ”

“ Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. ”

“ Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. ”

“ You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. ”

“ My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. ”

“ To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly. ”

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