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

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

Moderation in all things - including moderation.

Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues

Opportunity is the great bawd.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating.