They [zealots] would have everybody be as blind as themselves: to them, to be clear-sighted is libertinism.
There is no rampart that will hold out against malice.
In clothes as well as speech, the man of sense Will shun all these extremes that give offense, Dress unaffectedly, and, without haste, Follow the changes in the current taste.
Beauty without intelligence is like a hook without bait.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
The defects of human nature afford us opportunities of exercising our philosophy, the best employment of our virtues. If all men were righteous, all hearts true and frank and loyal, what use would our virtues be?