Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

Reason shows us our duty; he who can make us love our duty is more powerful than reason itself.

It is having in some measure a sort of wit to know how to use the wit of others.

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.

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

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.