A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.

Who is content with nothing possesses all things.

Now two punctilious envoys, Thine and Mine, Embroil the earth about a fancied line; And, dwelling much on right and much on wrong, Prove how the right is chiefly with the strong.

Gold lends a touch of beauty even to the ugly.

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

Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.

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.