William Shenstone

“Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.”

“There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.”

“Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.”

“Laws are generally found to be nets of such a texture, as the little creep through, the great break through, and the middle-sized are alone entangled in it.”

“Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.”

“Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.”

“A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.”

“A fool and his words are soon parted.”

“The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.”