We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

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

Clergy are men as well as other folks.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

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.