 The same ambition can destroy or save, and make a patriot as it makes a knave. |
| Man never thinks himself happy, but when he enjoys those things which others want or desire. |
| An honest man's the noblest work of God. |
| A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. |
| Woman's at best a contradiction still. |
| Fools admire, but men of sense approve. |
| There is a certain majesty in simplicity which is far above all the quaintness of wit. |
| The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head. |
| The greatest magnifying glasses in the world are a man's own eyes when they look upon his own person. |
| Tis but a part we see, and not a whole. |
| Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise. |
| Gentle dullness ever loves a joke. |
| The most positive men are the most credulous. |
| For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. |
| Act well your part, there all the honour lies. |
| Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. |
| Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. |
| Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. |
| They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. |
| Not always actions show the man; we find who does a kindness is not therefore kind. |
