Nothing is so fierce but love will soften; nothing so sharp-sighted in other matters but it will throw a mist before its eyes.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.