The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

People are always willing to follow advice when it accords with their own wishes.

Satire, like conscience, reminds us of what we often wish to forget.

We have a reading, a talking, and a writing public. When shall we have a thinking?

Superstition is but the fear of belief.

A German writer observes: "The noblest characters only show themselves in their real light. All others act comedy with their fellow-men even unto the grave.

He who would remain honest ought to keep away want.