Self-contemplation is apt to end in self-conceit.

The world is God's workshop for making men in.

If you are idle, you are on the road to ruin; and there are few stopping-places upon it. It is rather a precipice than a road

What is the disposition which makes men rejoice in good bargains? There are few people who will not be benefited by pondering over the morals of shopping.

John Wesley quaintly observed that the road to heaven is a narrow path, not intended for wheels, and that to ride in a coach here and to go to heaven hereafter, was a happiness too much for man.

Maple-trees are the cows of trees (spring-milked).

In friendship your heart is like a bell struck every time your friend is in trouble.