Wit and wisdom differ; wit is upon the sudden turn, wisdom is bringing about ends.

Money makes a man laugh.

Commonly we say a judgment falls upon a man for something in him we cannot abide.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

No man is the wiser for his learning

We look after religion as the butcher did after his knife, when he had it in his mouth.

Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why He should grant this or that; He knows best wheat is good for us. If your boy should ask you for a suit of clothes and give you reasons, would you endure it? You know his needs better than he; let him ask for a suit of clothes.