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

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

Affectation discovers sooner what one is than it makes known what one would fain appear to be.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

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