“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.”

“No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”

“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.”

“Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.”

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

“A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.”