Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
If the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels.
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
An intelligent person should put money in the beginning, but not in heart
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
No man will take counsel, but every man will take money. Therefore, money is better than counsel.