Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away

In success be moderate.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

Revealed religion has no weight with me.

The happy State of Matrimony is, undoubtedly, the surest and most lasting Foundation of Comfort and Love . . . the Cause of all good Order in the World, and what alone preserves it from the utmost Confusion.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.

History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious character among private persons; the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.