It was wisely said, by a man of great observation, that there are as many miseries beyond riches as on this side of them.

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart.

It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.

There are offences given and offences not given but taken.

No man can lose what he never had.

Let us not repine, or so much as think the gifts of God unequally dealt, if we see another abound with riches, when, as God knows, the cares that are the keys that keep those riches hang often so heavily at the rich man's girdle that they dog him with weary days and restless nights, even when others sleep quietly.