A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.

Jesters do often prove prophets.

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.

It generally takes its rise either from an ill-will to mankind, a private inclination to make ourselves esteemed, an ostentation of wit, and vanity of being thought in the secrets of the world; or from a desire of gratifying any of these dispositions of mind in those persons with whom we converse.

The post of honour is a private station.