If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The motives of the best actions will not bear too strict an inquiry. It is allowed that the cause of most actions, good or bad, may be resolved into the love of ourselves; but the self-love of some men inclines them to please others, and the self-love of others is wholly employed in pleasing themselves. This makes the great distinction between virtue and vice.

There are certain common privileges of a writer, the benefit whereof, I hope, there will be no reason to doubt; particularly, that where I am not understood, it shall be concluded, that something very useful and profound is couched underneath; and again, that whatever word or sentence is printed in a different character, shall be judged to contain something extraordinary either or wit of sublime.

It is remarkable with what Christian fortitude and resignation we can bear the suffering of other folks.

Very few men, properly speaking, live at present, but are providing to live another time.

A secret is seldom safe in more than one breast.