Of metaphors, those generally conduce most to energy or vivacity of style which illustrate an intellectual by a sensible object.

knowledge of our duties is the most useful part of philosophy.

In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed, we see most dimly the objects which are close around us.

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

Sophistry, like poison, is at once detected and nauseated, when presented to us in a concentrated form; but a fallacy which, when stated barely in a few sentences, would not deceive a child, may deceive half the world, if diluted in a quarto volume.

It is worth noticing that those who assume an imposing demeanor and seek to pass themselves off for something beyond what they are, are not unfrequently as much underrated by some as overrated by others.

It is a remarkable circumstance in reference to cunning persons that they are often deficient not only in comprehensive, far-sighted wisdom, but even in prudent, cautious circumspection.