To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

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.

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

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

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.

An agreeable figure and winning manner, which inspire affection without love, are always new. Beauty loses its relish, the graces never, after the longest acquaintance, they are no less agreeable than at first.

Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.