A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

I must complain the cards are ill shuffled till I have a good hand.

Men always grow vicious before they become unbelievers.

Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting.

If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel.

Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.

Simplicity, without which no human performance can arrive at perfection.