He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.

He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.

There are two things which ought to teach us to think but meanly of human glory; the very best have had their calumniators, the very worst their panegyrists.

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.

The true measure of your character is what you do when nobody's watching.

In great cities men are more callous both to the happiness and the misery of others, than in the country; for they are constantly in the habit of seeing both extremes.

The whole family of pride and ignorance are incestuous, and mutually beget each other