Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.
Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.
Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.