Pride, ill nature, and want of sense, are the three great sources of ill manners.
Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.
I shall be like that tree-I shall die at the top.
I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.
There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency.
Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.