Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

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

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.

Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.

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.

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