A gallant man is above ill words.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

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.

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

When men comfort themselves with philosophy, 'tis not because they have got two or three sentences, but because they have digested those sentences, and made them their own: philosophy is nothing but discretion.