In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.

Age is suspicious but is not itself often suspected.

Laugh as loud as you please at your companion's wit; do not even smile at his folly.

That happy state of mind, so rarely possessed, in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy.

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.

It would be a considerable consolation to the poor and discontented could they but see the means whereby the wealth they covet has been acquired, or the misery that it entails.

Surmise is the gossamer that malice blows on fair reputations, the corroding dew that destroys the choice blossom. Surmise is primarily the squint of suspicion, and suspicion is established before it is confirmed.