Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.

It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain.

There is not, perhaps, to a mind well instructed, a more painful occurrence, than the death of one we have injured without reparation.

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

Most men are more willing to indulge in easy vices than to practise laborious virtues.