Wit and wisdom are born with a man.
They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
Abundance consists not alone in material possession, but in an uncovetous spirit.
Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.
The clergy would have us believe them against our own reason, as the woman would have her husband against his own eyes.