Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
From Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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