Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.

Faction seldom leaves a man honest, however it might find him.

A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.