Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Of all trifles, titles are the lightest.

It is easy to be virtuous in prospective.

Some delicate matters must be treated like pins, because if they are not seized by the right end, we get pricked.

Adversity, which makes us indulgent to others, renders them severe towards us.

In love we are not only liable to betray ourselves, but also the secrets of others.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!