Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

All the good things of the world are no further good to us than as they are of use; and of all we may heap up we enjoy only as much as we can use, and no more.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

Today we love what tomorrow we hate, today we seek what tomorrow we shun, today we desire what tomorrow we fear, nay, even tremble at the apprehensions of.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.