Every man, however little, makes a figure in his own eyes.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Genius is allied to a warm and inflammable constitution; delicacy of taste, to calmness and sedateness. Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every passion.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

A relation is formed betwixt every man and the fruits of his own labour, the very thing we call property, which he himself is sensible of, and of which every other is equally sensible. Yours and mine are terms in all languages, familiar among savages, and understood even by children. This is a fact, which every human creature can testify.

A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of poverty.

False praise is always confined to the great.