Avarice is more opposite to economy than liberality.

Death and the sun are not to be looked at steadily.

We think very few people sensible, except those who are of our opinion.

We often do shallow good in order to accomplish evil with impunity.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear worthy to fill it.

Gratitude is like the good faith of traders: it maintains commerce, and we often pay, not because it is just to discharge our debts, but that we may more readily find people to trust us.