Many a man's strength is in opposition, and when he faileth, he grows out of use.

In all negotiations of difficulty, a man may not look to sow and reap at once; but must prepare business, and so ripen it by degrees.

Generally he perceived in men of devout simplicity this opinion: that the secrets of nature were the secrets of God, part of that glory into which man is not to press too boldly.

The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.

A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span.

People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.