 A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. |
| Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. |
| When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. Topics: Children |
| Where the law ends tyranny begins. |
| I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species. |
| There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear. |
| When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more. |
| Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. |
| He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later. |
| It is not death, but dying, which is terrible. |
| A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! |
| Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. |
| We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. |
| Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. |
| LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. |
| The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. |
| Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not. |
| Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. |
| What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow. |
| Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. |
