Cure the disease and kill the patient.

The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.

In revenge a man is but even with his enemy; for it is a princely thing to pardon, and Solomon saith it is the glory of a man to pass over a transgression.

Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

We must see whether the same clock with weights will go faster at the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; it is probable, if the pull of the weights decreases on the mountain and increases in the mine, that the earth has real attraction.