There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but the excess.
The Parish makes the constable, and when the constable is made, he governs the Parish.
The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.