You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.

Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.

Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.