Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

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

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.

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

There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.

Pretences go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment.

It is a way of calling a man a fool when no attention is given to what he says.