Men are sometimes accused of pride, merely because their accusers would be proud themselves were they in their places.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

I know not whether increasing years do not cause us to esteem fewer people and to bear with more.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

However, I think a plain space near the eye gives it a kind of liberty it loves; and then the picture, whether you choose the grand or beautiful, should be held up at its proper distance. Variety is the principal ingredient in beauty; and simplicity is essential to grandeur.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.