It is easier to rule others than to keep from being ruled oneself.
Men would not live in society long if they were not each others dupes.
There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
Philosophy finds it an easy matter to vanquish past and future evils, but the present are commonly too hard for it.
There are few good women who do not tire of their role.
It is with sincere affection or friendship as with ghosts and apparitions,--a thing that everybody talks of, and scarce any hath seen.