Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the mother.

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity of generation is common to beasts. But memory, merit and noble works are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.