It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do

He is only exempt from failures who makes no effort

A man is called selfish, not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's

A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them fortune.

All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.

But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the most extraordinary events to arise from their concurrence, than admit of so signal a violation of the laws of nature