We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

They who are in the highest places, and have the most power, have the least liberty, because they are the most observed.

When a man has once forfeited the reputation of his integrity, he is set fast, and nothing will then serve his turn, neither truth nor falsehood.

When we have practiced good actions awhile, they become easy; when they are easy, we take pleasure in them; when they please us, we do them frequently; and then, by frequency of act, they grow into a habit.

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

If a man were only to deal in the world for a day, and should never have occasion to converse more with mankind, never more need their good opinion or good word, it were then no great matter (speaking as to the concernments of this world), if a man spent his reputation all at once, and ventured it at one throw; but if he be to continue in the world, and would have the advantage of conversation while he is in it, let him make use of truth and sincerity in all his words and actions; for nothing but this will last and hold out to the end.

The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.