Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.

One is always more vexed at losing a game of any sort by a single hole or ace, than if one has never had a chance of winning it.

Men are in numberless instances qualified for certain things, for no other reason than because they are qualified for nothing else.

When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest.

When you find out a man's ruling passion, beware of crossing him in it.

To think justly, we must understand what others mean. To know the value of our thoughts, we must try their effect on other minds.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.