The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.

Most men are unwilling to be taught.

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited power: yet the opportunities which every day affords of relieving the most wretched of human beings are overlooked and neglected with equal disregard of policy and goodness.

No man is without some quality, by the due application of which he might deserve well of the world; and whoever he be that has but little in his power should be in haste to do that little, lest he be confounded with him that can do nothing.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it.

Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.