Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

Many estates are spent in the getting, since women for tea forsake spinning and knitting, and men for punch forsake hewing and splitting.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?

Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.

Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.