Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind.
Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.
Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions.
There is no creature so contemptible but by resolution may gain his point.
Live and let live is the rule of common justice.
Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice.