A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading..

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

The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it..