It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
You can reach stupidity only with a cannon ball.
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
Satire that is seasonable and just is often more effectual than law or gospel.