Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.

A stander-by may sometimes, perhaps, see more of the game than he that plays it.

I row after health like a waterman.

Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.

Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.

An excuse is a lie guarded.

If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.