To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.

Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.

He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

The cat in gloves catches no mice.

We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.