Who pleasure gives, Shall joy receive

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.

As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.

When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep.

Those who are fear'd, are hated.

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.