Opinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often find imagination we never find belief.
Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.
A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.
All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world
Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us