Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them
There is this paradox in pride it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
There are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field than their own hearts in their closet.
If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city
Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of tricks and duplicity than straight forward and simple integrity in another.
Law and equity are two things which God hath joined, but which man has put asunder
Most men know what they hate, few know what they love.
Mystery magnifies danger, as a fog the sun
If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.
