Ugliness is a letter of credit for some special purposes.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age

Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature.

He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.

Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will sink both merit and knowledge into a degree of contempt. They compose at most a merry fellow; and a merry fellow was never yet a respectable man.