Oh thrice and four times happy... those who plant cabbages.

War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

Friends, you will notice that in this world there are many more ballocks than men. Remember this.

Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.

All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are in their lowest ruin, for they cannot last for long in such a state. Such is the end for those who cannot moderate their fortune and prosperity with reason and temperance.

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.