A titled nobility is the most undisputed progeny of feudal barbarism.—Sir James Mackintosh.

The worthiest people are the most injured by slander; as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at.—Swift.

A miser grows rich by seeming poor, an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.—Shenstone.

There is not greater difference between the living and the dead, than between a wise man and a blockhead.—Aristotle.

A man who has good judgment has the same advantage over men of any other qualifications whatsoever, as one that can see would have over a blind man of ten times the strength.—Steele.


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