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

Money makes a man laugh.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

Of all the actions of a man's life, his marriage does least concern other people, yet of all the actions of our lives, 'tis the most meddled with by other people.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.

To preach long, loud, and Damnation, is the way to be cried up. We love a man that damns us, and we run after him again to save us.