Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

A man's own heart must ever be given to gain that of another.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

Titles and mottoes to books are like escutcheons and dignities in the hands of a king. The wise sometimes condescend to accept of them; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not the slender helps of the title.

Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails.

There is probably no country so barbarous that would not disclose all it knew, if it received equivalent information; and I am apt to think that a person who was ready to give more knowledge than he received would be welcome wherever he came.