Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

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.

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.

It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

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