Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.

It is wonderful to see persons of sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards.

Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honoris a private station.

Nothing makes men sharper than want.

Fables take off from the severity of instruction, and enforce it at the same time that they conceal it.

It is pleasant to see a notorious profligate seized with a concern for religion, and converting his spleen into zeal.

Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.