Men are less forgiving than women.

Of what violences, murders, depredations, have not the epic poets, from all antiquity, been the occasion, by propagating false honor, false glory, and false religion?

Who would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?

The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex.

A feeling heart is a blessing that no one, who has it, would be without; and it is a moral security of innocence; since the heart that is able to partake of the distress of another, cannot wilfully give it.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

All human excellence is but comparative — there are persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.