The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.

When millions applaud you seriously ask yourself what harm you have done; and when they disapprove you, what good.

Falsehood, like a drawing in perspective, will not bear to be examined in every point of view, because it is a good imitation of truth, as a perspective is of the reality, only in one. But truth, like that reality of which the perspective is the representation, will bear to be scrutinized in all points of view, and though examined under every situation, is one and the same.

Make the most of the day, by determining to spend it on two sorts of acquaintances only--those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something may be learned.

Most plagiarists, like the drone, have neither taste to select, industry to acquire, nor skill to improve, but impudently pilfer the honey ready prepared, from the hive.