Whenever I find a great deal of gratitude in a poor man, I take it for granted there would be as much generosity if he were a rich man.

So upright Quakers please both man and God.

Our business in the field of fight, Is not to question, but to prove our might.

Judge not of actions by their mere effect; Dive to the center, and the cause detect. Great deeds from meanest springs may take their course, And smallest virtues from a mighty source.

As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.