Inquiries into the heart are not for man.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed.
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.