Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating.

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

Love is not a volunteer thing.

For tutors, although they may make youth learned, do not always make them virtuous.

Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.