To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

The proper study of Mankind is Man.

Love the offender, yet detest the offense.

Who combats bravely is not therefore brave, He dreads a death-bed like the meanest slave: Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise,- His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

I believe no one qualification is so likely to make a good writer, as the power of rejecting his own thoughts.

A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn.