There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.
Most people know no other way of judging men’s worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.
Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love.
A great many men’s gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
There is no better proof of a man’s being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.
It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend.