He that places himself neither higher nor lower than he ought to do exercises the truest humility.

Two things, well considered, would prevent many quarrels: first, to have it well ascertained whether we are not disputing about terms, rather than things; and, secondly, to examine whether that on which we differ is worth contending about.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.

A coxcomb begins by determining that his own profession is the first; and he finishes by deciding that he is the first of profession.

An act by which we make one friend and one enemy is a losing game; because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude

Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.