A proud bigot, who is vain enough to think that he can deceive even God by affected zeal, and throwing the veil of holiness over vices, damns all mankind by the word of his power.

It is in vain a daring author thinks of attaining to the heights of Parnassus if he does not feel the secret influence of heaven and if his natal star has not formed him to be a poet.

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass.

All men are fools, and with every effort they differ only in the degree.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

Ignorance is always ready to admire itself. Procure yourself critical friends.

Of all the creatures that creep, swim, or fly, Peopling the earth, the waters, and the sky, From Rome to Iceland, Paris to Japan, I really think the greatest fool is man.