62 Quotes by Roger L'Estrange

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there’s no cure.

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils.

To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture – how is it possible for any man to be at rest in this fluctuant, wandering humor and opinion?

Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey’s end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

There is no opposing brutal force to the stratagems of human reason.