Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

The less you can enjoy, the poorer, the scantier yourself - the more you can enjoy, the richer, the more vigorous.

Defeat serves to enlighten us.

Loudness is impotence.

He submits himself to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossi∣ble that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.