God's first creature, which was light.
All bravery stands upon comparisons.
When any of the four pillars of government-religion, justice, counsel, and treasure-are mainly shaken or weakened, men had need to pray for fair weather.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.