Men are happy to be laughed at for their humor, but not for their folly.
Satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any.
An idle reason lessens the weight of the good ones you gave before.
Do you think I was born in a wood to be afraid of an owl?
There seems to be no part of knowledge in fewer hands than that of discerning when to have done.
I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.