Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.

The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!--But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.