I think also, that general virtue is more probably to be expected and obtained from the education of youth, than from exhortations of adult persons; bad habits and vices of the mind being, like diseases of the body, more easily prevented than cured. I think moreover, that talents for the education of youth are the gift of God; and that he on whom they are bestowed, whenever a way is opened for use of them, is as strongly called as if he heard a voice from heaven.

Honesty is the best policy.

Diligence is the mother of good luck, and God gives all things to industry. Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you may be hindered by tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrows; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do to-day.

The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.

All cats look gray in the dark.

Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.

That which hurts, also instructs.