Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

A guilty mind can be eased by nothing but repentance; by which what was ill done is revoked and morally voided and undone.

Every man is born with the faculty of reason and the faculty of speech, but why should he be able to speak before he has anything to say?

Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.

Everything is dangerous to him that is afraid of it.

There is no better way to learn than to teach.

Take away the self-conceited, and there will be elbowroom in the world.