The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.

The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.