A wise man is not governed by others, nor does he try to govern them; he prefers that reason alone prevail.

It is worse to apprehend than to suffer.

There is no employment in the world so laborious as that of making to one's self a great name; life ends before one has scarcely made the first rough draught of his work.

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

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

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry, music, painting, public speaking.

We all covet wealth, but not its perils.