Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.
Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable.
The dangers gather as the treasures rise.
There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.
All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence.
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.