He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.

Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your Arms about with a small Weight in each Hand; to leap, or the like, for that stirs the Muscles of the Breast.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

I think with you, that nothing is of more importance for the public weal, than to form and train up youth in wisdom and virtue. Wise and good men are in my opinion, the strength of the state; more so than riches or arms.

I have lived, Sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth — that God governs in the affairs of men.

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.