Fear manifested invites danger.

Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it, may be cunning, but they are not able. Lies and perfidy are the refuge of fools and cowards.

Our self-love is mortified, when we think our opinions, and even our tastes, customs, and dresses, either arraigned or condemned;as, on the contrary, it is tickled and flattered by approbation.

So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.

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

Very ugly or very beautiful women should be flattered on their understanding, and mediocre ones on their beauty.