Unruly ambition is deaf, not only to the advice of friends, but to the counsels and monitions of reason itself.

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.

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those of the mind.

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

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

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

Some people are all quality; you would think they are made up of nothing but title and genealogy. The stamp of dignity defaces in them the very character of humanity and transports them to such a degree of haughtiness that they reckon it below themselves to exercise either good nature or good manners.