Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacence, if they discover none of the like in themselves.

A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.

Love is a second life.

Physic, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise and temperance.

There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.

For my own part, I am apt to join in the opinion with those who believe that all the regions of Nature swarm with spirits, and that we have multitudes of spectators on all our actions when we think ourselves most alone.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.