Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.

The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.

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

An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.