Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.
Seas roll to waft me, suns to light me rise; My footstool earth, my canopy the skies.
Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.
I am satisfied to trifle away my time, rather than let it stick by me.
Authors, like coins, grow dear as they grow old.
The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.