Modesty makes large amends for the pain it gives those who labor under it, by the prejudice it affords every worthy person in their favor.

Every good poet includes a critic, but the reverse is not true.

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

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Let the gulled fool the toil of war pursue, where bleed the many to enrich the few.

Immoderate assurance is perfect licentiousness.

Some 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.