We are spirits. That bodies should be lent us while they afford us pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge or in doing good to our fellow-creatures, is a kind of benevolent act of God. When they become unfit for these purposes and afford us pain instead of pleasure, instead of an aid become an encumbrance and answer none of these intentions for which they were given, it is equally kind and benevolent that a way is provided by which we get rid of them. Death is that way.

In order to be happy you need a good dog, a good woman, and ready money.

Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.

The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.