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

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

I consider time as an in immense ocean, in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up.

It must be a prospect pleasing to God Himself to see His creation forever beautifying in His eyes, and drawing nearer Him by greater degrees of resemblance.

An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.

Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and ruins the character he is so industrious to advance by it.