"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

"A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity."

"What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the superfluous we sweat."

"The river of time washes away kings and empires, leaving only virtue intact. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him."

"The Amen of nature is always a flower."