The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. |
Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do. |
No young man ever thinks he shall die. |
We can bear to be deprived of everything but our self-conceit. |
Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress. |
The public have neither shame or gratitude. |
The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation. |
If the world were good for nothing else, it is a fine subject for speculation. |
There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it. |
Everything is in motion. Everything flows. Everything is vibrating. |
Those who can command themselves command others. |
The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. |
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be. |
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. |
A grave blockhead should always go about with a lively one - they show one another off to the best advantage. |
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. |
Genius, like humanity, rusts for want of use. |
The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours. |
The more we do, the more we can do. |
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. |