When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a frown, must have some solemn proof to pass her down.
Quick-circulating slanders mirth afford; and reputation bleeds in every word.
If you mean to profit, learn to praise.
All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way.
Genius is independent of situation.
Ourselves are to ourselves the cause of ill.