Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

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.

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

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Nothing more excites to everything noble and generous, than virtuous love.

When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.

Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty.