The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with.

Many men are contemptuous of riches few can give them away.

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.