When self-interest inclines a man to print, he should consider that the purchaser expects a pennyworth for his penny, and has reason to asperse his honesty if he finds himself deceived.

A large retinue upon a small income, like a large cascade upon a small stream, tends to discover its tenuity.

The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.

When misfortunes happen to such as dissent from us in matters of religion, we call them judgments; when to those of our own sect, we call them trials; when to persons neither way distinguished, we are content to attribute them to the settled course of things.

May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.

A fool and his words are soon parted.

Amid the most mercenary ages it is but a secondary sort of admiration that is bestowed upon magnificence.