It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it — and to get sensible men to read it.

There is this of good in real evils; they deliver us, while they last, from the petty despotism of all that were imaginary.

Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow.

We are not more ingenious in searching out bad motives for good actions when performed by others, than good motives for bad actions when performed by ourselves.

In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by asking ourselves another; is there any harm in letting it alone?

None of us are so much praised or censured as we think.