The earliest desire of succeeding is almost always a prognostic of success.
Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.
He who fears death dies every time he thinks of it.
Where religion speaks, reason has only a right to hear.
There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.
A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.