The most positive men are the most credulous.

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity.

Some people are commended for a giddy kind of good-humor, which is as much a virtue as drunkenness.

I was not born for courts and great affairs, but I pay my debts, believe and say my prayers.

A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Burns with one love, with one resentment glows.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

Art still followed where Rome's eagles flew.