As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult and tyrannize over little people; this being the means which they use to recompense themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors; for nothing can be more reasonable than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them which they themselves pay to all above them.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?

A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.

Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman's lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.

However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.