All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible. Patriotism is not necessarily included in rebellion. A man may hate his king, yet not love his country.
The present is never a happy state to any human being.
Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.
All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us.