The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.

Mere bashfulness without merit is awkwardness.

It is observed by Cicero, that men of the greatest and most shining parts are most actuated by ambition.

One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.

The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies of their works, to what number they please, which shall be as valuable as the originals themselves.

Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.