Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body.

The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.

Many with trust, with doubt few, are undone.

We should do by our cunning as we do by our courage--always have it ready to defend ourselves, never to offend others.

Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.

Discernment is a power of the understanding in which few excel. Is not that owing to its connection with impartiality and truth? for are not prejudice and partiality blind?

Removing prejudices is, alas! too often removing the boundary of a delightful near prospect in order to let in a shockingly extensive one.