“He that studies only men, will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body. He that to what he sees, adds observation, and to what he reads, reflection, is in the right road to knowledge, provided that in scrutinizing the heart of others, he neglects not his own.”

“He that will only believe what he can fully comprehend must either have a very long head, or a very short creed.”

“Wealth... is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much but wants more. ”

“If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has; they serve him better than any others, and receive no wages.”

“Men are born with two eyes but only one tongue in order that they should see twice as much as they say.”

“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 an author.”

“most men know what they hate; few what they love”