To be vain of one's rank or place is to show that one is below it.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

Nothing but religion is capable of changing pains into pleasures.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

A well-read fool is the most pestilent of blockheads; his learning is a flail which he knows not how to handle, and with which he breaks his neighbor's shins as well as his own. Keep a fellow of this description at arm's length, as you value the integrity of your bones.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.