As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.
An old man in a house is a good sign.
A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Men take more pains to mask than mend.
Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous
I wish it (Christianity) were more productive of good works ... I mean real good works ... not holy day keeping, sermon-hearing ... or making long prayers, filled with flatteries and compliments despised by wise men, and much less capable of pleasing the Deity.