An injury is much sooner forgotten than an insult.

People hate those who make them feel their own inferiority.

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

Smooth your way to the head through the heart. The way of reason is a good one: but it is commonly something longer, and perhapsnot so sure.

Mind not only what people say, but how they say it; and if you have any sagacity, you may discover more truth by your eyes than by your ears. People can say what they will, but they cannot look just as they will; and their looks frequently (reveal) what their words are calculated to conceal.

All I desire for my own burial, is not to be buried alive; but how or where, I think, must be entirely indifferent to every rational creature.

To know a little of anything gives neither satisfaction nor credit, but often brings disgrace or ridicule.