There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

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.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip.

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed

Through the proportion of those who think be extremely small, yet every individual flatters himself that he is one of the number