Revenge is a debt, in the paying of which the greatest knave is honest and sincere, and, so far as he is able, punctual.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

He that studies books alone, will know how things ought to be; and he that studies men, will know how things are.

The martyrs to vice far exceed the martyrs to virtue, both in endurance and in number.

Avarice has ruined more souls than extravagance.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

Peace is the evening star of the soul, as virtue is its sun, and the two are never far apart.