The most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to be the grandest miracles.
He who is not sure of his memory, should not undertake the trade of lying.
A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.
Praise is always pleasing, let it come from whom, or upon what account it will.
Example is a bright looking-glass, universal and for all shapes to look into.
Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.