Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.

Frugality is a handsome income.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

I am a citizen of the world, known to all and to all a stranger.

In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly.

No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.

Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.