Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even for covetousnes….

He that would relish success to a purpose should keep his passions cool, and his expectations low; and then it is possible that his fortune might exc….

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair..

Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the measure of happiness abat….

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves..

Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions, to disad….

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the cor….

People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company..

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better..

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases..

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way..

Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. They help us ….

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom..

Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances..

Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a d….

The more we sink into the infirmities of age, the nearer we are to immortal youth. All people are young in the other world. That state is an eternal ….

Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest a….

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swel….

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess..

He that would be a master must draw from the life as well as copy from originals, and join theory and experience together..

Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark whi….