Two passions have powerful influence on the affairs of men: the love of power and the love of money.
The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.
He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.
I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.
Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.
Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.