Great talkers, little doers.

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources

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

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.