We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

Fear hath the common fault of a justice of peace, and is apt to conclude hastily from every slight circumstance, without examining the evidence on both sides.

We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.

When the effects of female jealousy do not appear openly in their proper colours of rage and fury, we may suspect that mischievous passion to be at work privately, and attempting to undermine, what it doth not attack above-ground.