Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

A gallant man is above ill words.

There was never a merry world since the fairies left off dancing.

In a troubled state we must do as in foul weather upon a river, not think to cut directly through, for the boat may be filled with water; but rise and fall as the waves do, and give way as much as we conveniently can.

If the prisoner should ask the judge whether he would be content to be hanged, were he in his case, he would answer no. Then, says the prisoner, do as you would be done to.

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.