The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.

We are nearer loving those who hate us than those who love us more than we wish.

Nature makes merit, and fortune puts it to work.

Perfect courage and utter cowardice are two extremes which rarely occur.

Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.

The fondness or indifference that the philosophers expressed for life was merely a preference inspired by their self-love, and will no more bear reasoning upon than the relish of the palate or the choice of colors.

We always get bored with those whom we bore.