Deserve a great deal, and you shall have a great deal; deserve little, and you shall have but a little; and be good for nothing atall, and I assure you, you shall have nothing at all.

Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another.

Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.

Good breeding and good nature do incline us rather to help and raise people up to ourselves, than to mortify and depress them, and, in truth, our own private interest concurs in it, as it is making ourselves so many friends, instead of so many enemies.

Two people cannot be alone together for upwards of half an hour without one emerging as the superior.

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones.

Seek always for the best words and the happiest expression you can find.