We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.
Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.
Love well, whip well.
If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.