Nakedness is uncomely, as well in mind as body, and it addeth no small reverence to men's manners and actions if they be not altogether open. Therefore set it down: That a habit of secrecy is both politic and moral.

The errors of young men are the ruin of business, but the errors of aged men amount to this, that more might have been done, or sooner.

If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.

Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.

All good moral philosophy is ... but the handmaid to religion.

Consistency is the foundation of virtue.

It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of others, occasion fitting virtue; but chiefly, the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands