Diogenes was asked what wine he liked best; and he answered as I would have done when he said, "Somebody else's".

The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.

Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.

Human understanding is marvellously enlightened by daily conversation with men, for we are, otherwise, compressed and heaped up in ourselves, and have our sight limited to the length of our own noses.

It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.

It is probable that the principal credit of miracles, visions, enchantments, and such extraordinary occurrences comes from the power of imagination, acting principally upon the minds of the common people, which are softer.

Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.