Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

It is hard to personate and act a part long; for where Truth is not the bottom, Nature will always be endeavoring to return, and will peep and betray herself one time or other.

And as for Pleasure, there is little in this World that is true and sincere, besides the Pleasure of doing our Duty, and of doing good.

If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.

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.

Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.

Surely modesty never hurt any cause; and the confidence of man seems to me to be much like the wrath of man.