"Dogs have at least the advantage over men, that they discover their friends, and bark at their enemies."

"When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him."

"Gold defiles with frequent touch; There's nothing fouls the hand so much."

"'Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit. Will condescend to take a bit."

"The greatest ornament of an eminent character is humility."