Affected simplicity is a subtle imposture.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

Before we set our hearts too much upon anything, let us examine how happy they are, who already possess it.

It is a common fault never to be satisfied with our fortune, nor dissatisfied with our understanding.

The shame that arises from praise which we do not deserve often makes us do things we should otherwise never have attempted.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

Jealousy is the greatest of all evils, and the one that arouses the least pity in the person who causes it.