Our Repugnance To Death Increases In Proportion

A Knave Thinks Himself A Fool, All The Time He Is Not Making A Fool Of Some Other Person.

Satirists Gain The Applause Of Others Through Fear, Not Through Love.

The Greatest Offence Against Virtue Is To Speak Ill Of It.

No Wise Man Can Have A Contempt For The Prejudices Of Others; And He Should Even Stand In A Certain Awe Of His Own, As If They Were Aged Parents And Monitors. They May In The End Prove Wiser Than He.

Do Not Quarrel With The World Too Soon; For, Bad As It May Be, It Is The Best We Have To Live In, Here. If Railing Would Have Made It Better, It Would Have Been Reformed Long Ago.