Perhaps I'm too saucy or provoking?

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

As to Jesus of Nazareth, my opinion of whom you particularly desire, I think the system of Morals and his Religion, as he left them to us, the best the World ever saw or is likely to see; but I apprehend it has received various corrupting Changes; and I have, with most of the present Dissenters in England, some doubts as to his divinity.

To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.

Without justice, courage is weak.

So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do.

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.