In thy apparel avoid singularity, profuseness, and gaudiness. Be not too early in the fashion, nor too late. Decency is half way between affectation and neglect. The body is the shell of the soul, apparel is the husk of that shell; the husk often tells you what the kernel is.

Charity is a naked child, giving honey to a bee without wings.

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word 'satiety.'

If thy daughter marry well, thou hast found a son; if not, thou hast lost a daughter.

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

Seest thou good days? Prepare for evil times. No summer but hath its winter. He never reaped comfort in adversity that sowed not in prosperity.

Rather do what is nothing to the purpose than be idle; that the devil may find thee doing. The bird that sits is easily shot, when fliers scape the fowler. Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all the virtues, and the self-made sepulchre of a living man.