Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
Thus we never see the true state of our condition till it is illustrated to us by its contraries, nor know how to value what we enjoy, but by the want of it.
'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.
Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.
In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.