Narrow minds think nothing right that is above their own capacity.
Fortune mends more faults in us than ever reason would be able to do.
Our repentances are generally not so much a concern and remorse for the harm we have done, as a fear of the harm we may have brought upon ourselves.
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
We do not despise all those who have vices, but we do despise those that have no virtue.
It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.