The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
Misery and shame are nearly allied.
Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.
It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.
Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.