Wit, like money, bears an extra value when rung down immediately it is wanted. Men pay severely who require credit.

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

Patience is the strongest of strong drinks; for it kills the giant despair.

Habitual intoxication is the epitome of every crime.

O this itch of the ear, that breaks out at the tongue! Were not curiosity so over-busy, detraction would soon be starved to death.

Man owes two solemn debts--one to society, and one to-nature. It is only when he pays the second that he covers the first.

Earth is here so kind, that just tickle her with a hoe and she laughs with a harvest.