Absence cools moderate passions, and inflames violent ones; just as the wind blows out candles, but kindles fires.

Good taste comes more from the judgment than from the mind.

It is easier for a man to be thought fit for an employment that he has not, than for one he stands already possessed of, and is exercising.

There are many predicaments in life that one must be a bit crazy to escape from.

Generally speaking, we would make a good bargain by renouncing all the good that people say of us, upon condition they would say no ill.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.