How few there are who are furnished with abilities sufficient to recommend their actions to the admiration of the world, and distinguish themselves from the rest of mankind.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.
Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.