A man of moderate Understanding, thinks he writes divinely: A man of good Understanding, thinks he writes reasonably.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well and of others not to write at all.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

Too great carelessness, equally with excess in dress, multiplies the wrinkles of old age, and makes its decay still more conspicuous.

There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one's own industry or by the stupidity of others.

Love seizes us suddenly, without giving warning, and our disposition or our weakness favors the surprise; one look, one glance, from the fair fixes and determines us.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.