Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise.

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be overthrown by the violence of torrents, nor demolished by the force of armies.

Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

There is no passion that is not finely expressed in those parts of the inspired writings which are proper for divine songs and anthems.

A brother's sufferings claim a brother's pity.