There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly on the Mind than Precepts: and if this be just in what is odious and blameable, it is more strongly so in what is amiable and praiseworthy.

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food.