Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves; in women, from the contrary.

The tiny Lilliputians surmise that Gulliver's watch may be his god, because it is that which, he admits, he seldom does anything without consulting.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

Vanity is a mark of humility rather than of pride.

Old sciences are unraveled like old stockings, by beginning at the foot.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

It is very unfair in any writer to employ ignorance and malice together, because it gives his answerer double work.