My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought proud; that my Pride show'd itself frequently in Conversation; that I was not content with being in the right when discussing any Point, but was overbearing & rather insolent; of which he convinc'd me by mentioning several Instances; - I determined endeavouring to cure myself ..., and I added Humility to my List, giving an extensive Meaning to the Word.

Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

Do not do that which you would not have known.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

Revealed religion has no weight with me.

Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths.

If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world?