Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice, that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right.

Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.

Every man prefers virtue, when there is not some strong incitement to transgress its precepts.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly.