Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.
Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; - from fear of its being abused.
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
To do nothing is in everyone's power.
Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth.