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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander.
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.
To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being... →
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to... →
No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
Life isn't like a book. Life isn't logical or sensible or orderly. Life is a mess most of the time. And theology must be lived in the midst... →
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.
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