As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.

A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance.

Levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained