Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.
Henry Home, Lord KamesViolent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.
Henry Home, Lord KamesAn 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.
Henry Home, Lord Kames