It may be remarked in general, that the laugh of men of wit is for the most part but a feint, constrained kind of half-laugh, as such persons are never without some diffidence about them; but that of fools is the most honest, natural, open laugh in the world.

He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.

Pleasure, when it is a man's chief purpose, disappoints itself; and the constant application to it palls the faculty of enjoying it.

I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him

There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do