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.

The greatest grossness sometimes accompanies the greatest refinement, as a natural relief.

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

Nothing gives such a blow to friendship as the detecting another in an untruth. It strikes at the root of our confidence ever after.

Habit is necessary to give power.

The diffusion of taste is not the same thing as the improvement of taste.

A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage.