When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I buy food and clothes.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

Everybody hates a prodigy, detests an old head on young shoulders.

In short, no association or alliance can be happy or stable without me. People can't long tolerate a ruler, nor can a master his servant, a maid her mistress, a teacher his pupil, a friend his friend nor a wife her husband, a landlord his tenant, a soldier his comrade nor a party-goer his companion, unless they sometimes have illusions about each other, make use of flattery, and have the sense to turn a blind eye and sweeten life for themselves with the honey of folly.

God has administered to us of the present age, a bitter draught and a harsh physician, on account of our abounding infirmities.

Prevention is better than cure.