Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.
There are occasions on which all apology is rudeness.
Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.