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.

As a man's salutations, so is the total of his character; in nothing do we lay ourselves so open as in our manner of meeting and salutation.

Who gives a trifle meanly is meaner than the trifle.

Man without religion is a diseased creature, who would persuade himself he is well and needs not a physician; but woman without religion is raging and monstrous.

He who is passionate and hasty is generally honest. It is your cool, dissembling hypocrite of whom you should beware.

Airs of importance are the credentials of impotence.

If you see one cold and vehement at the same time, set him down for a fanatic.