Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief. while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
William ShenstoneThe love of popularity seems little else than the love of being beloved; and is only blamable when a person aims at the affections of a people by means in appearance honest, but in their end pernicious and destructive.
William ShenstoneSome men use no other means to acquire respect than by insisting on it; and it sometimes answers their purpose, as it does a highwayman's in regard to money.
William ShenstoneEvery single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.
William Shenstone