Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side.

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it

Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much

The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way.