It is in refinement and elegance that the civilized man differs from the savage.
One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.
A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself
If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?