"I am not fond of arguments, because they are generally productive of more heat than light."

"There are few things more to be lamented than that a man who has got an estate, makes not a better use of it for the good of his family, and to the advantage of the public."

"What they do in the north, they do not in the south."

"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old."

"Although avarice is the most sordid of all vices, yet it is the least scandalous."