'Tis happy for him that his Father was born before him.

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.

The example alone of a vicious prince will corrupt an age; but that of a good one will not reform it.

An excuse is a lie guarded.

How often do we contradict the right rules of reason in the whole course of our lives! Reason itself is true and just, but the reason of every particular man is weak and wavering, perpetually swayed and turned by his interests, his passions, and his vices.

For want of a block, man will stumble at a straw.