Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.

A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.