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

No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!

To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.

There are persons of that general philanthropy and easy tempers, which the world in contempt generally calls good-natured, who seem to be sent into the world with the same design with which men put little fish into a pike pond, in order only to be devoured by that voracious water-hero.

It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.

Prudence is a duty which we owe ourselves, and if we will be so much our own enemies as to neglect it, we are not to wonder if the world is deficient in discharging their duty to us; for when a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others too often are apt to build upon it.