Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.
A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.
You see, among men who are honored with the common appellation ogentleman, many contradictions to that character.
Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.