A little neglect may breed great mischief. ... For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

There are more old drunkards than old doctors.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

That which hurts, also instructs.

I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

Those who laugh often never grow old.