Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.

Brutes find out where their talents lie; a bear will not attempt to fly.

No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.

How is it possible to expect that mankind will take advice when they will not so much as take warning.

If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.