It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.

We are so used to dissembling with others that in time we come to deceive and dissemble with ourselves.

Truth does less good in the world than its appearances do harm.

Sometimes there are accidents in our lives the skillful extrication from which demands a little folly.

We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.

The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.

Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.