It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

Tomorrow! It is a period nowhere to be found in all the registers of time, unless, perchance, in the fool's calendar.

Life often presents us with a choice of evils, rather than of goods.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

No disorders have employed so many quacks, as those that have no cure; and no sciences have exercised so many quills, as those that have no certainty.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.