Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to which the other two are but journeymen, set it to work.

It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.

Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets, With a third dog one of the two dogs meets; With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

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

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.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.