Contempt of others is the truest symptom of a base and bad heart,--while it suggests itself to the mean and the vile, and tickles there little fancy on every occasion, it never enters the great and good mind but on the strongest motives; nor is it then a welcome guest,--affording only an uneasy sensation, and bringing always with it a mixture of concern and compassion.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.

There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.