We should be careful that our benevolence does not exceed our means.
It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.
Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.
The whole of virtue consists in its practice.
The house should derive dignity from the master, not the master from the house.