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

Those men who are commended by everybody must be very extraordinary men; or, which is more probable, very inconsiderable men.

I hardly know so true a mark of a little mind as the servile imitation of others.

A very small offence may be a just cause for great resentment: it is often much less the particular instance which is obnoxious to us than the proof it carries with it of the general tenor and disposition of the mind from whence it sprung.

The mind of man is this world's true dimension; and knowledge is the measure of the mind.

As charity covers a multitude of sins before God, so does politeness before men.

Many with trust, with doubt few, are undone.