Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.
A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.
Families ought to be noisy.
Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.
There are no ugly loves nor handsome prisons.
Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.