Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

We may have an excellent ear for music, without being able to perform in any kind; we may judge well of poetry, without being poets, or possessing the least of a poetic vein; but we can have no tolerable notion of goodness without being tolerably good.

When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.

Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen.

It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head merely, but a heart and resolution, which must complete the real philosopher.