Hath any wounded thee with injuries? Meet them with patience. Hasty words rankle the wound; soft language dresses it.

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

Heav'n is not always got by running.

Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

Sweet tastes have sour closes; and he repents on thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

They who cannot be induced to fear for love will never be enforced to love for fear. Love opens the heart, fear shuts it; that encourages, this compels; and victory meets encouragement, but flees compulsion.

When the flesh presents thee with delights, then present thyself with dangers; where the world possesses thee with vain hopes, there possess thyself with true fear; when the devil brings thee oil, bring thou vinegar. The way to be safe is never to be secure.