That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system, and seems to be of a piece with the rest.

Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.

Little leaks sink the ship.

Vice knows [its] ugly, so [it] puts on [a] mask.

I have found Christian dogma unintelligible.

The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.