Necessity never made a good bargain.

Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are none of the best

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

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

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?