Conscience signifies that knowledge which a man hath of his own thoughts and actions; and because, if a man judgeth fairly of his actions by comparing them with the law of God, his mind will approve or condemn him; this knowledge or conscience may be both an accuser and a judge.

The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without it.

The reason why so few marriages are happy is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.

It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.

The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.

Good manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest people uneasy is the best bred in the room.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.