Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.

He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.

So long as we stand in need of a benefit, there is nothing dearer to us; nor anything cheaper when we have received it.