"Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping."

"I have spent my time in writing, and have not been a man of action."

"Few are qualified to shine in company; but it is in most men's power to be agreeable."

"It is a miserable thing to be a man of sense in a country where the generality of the people are fools."

"The choicest productions of wit, are spoiled by the too much relish of the author."