There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

That man is good who does good to others; if he suffers on account of the good he does, he is very good; if he suffers at the hands of those to whom he has done good, then his goodness is so great that it could be enhanced only by greater sufferings; and if he should die at their hands, his virtue can go no further: it is heroic, it is perfect.

The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid.

Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life; cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interests and welfare. Discretion is only found in men of strong sense and good understanding; cunning is often to be met with in brutes themselves, and in persons who are but the fewest removes from them.

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty.

Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.