Virtues go ever in troops; they go so thick, that sometimes some are hid in the crowd; which yet are, but appear not.

Worldly ambition is founded on pride or envy, but emulation, or laudable ambition, is actually founded in humility; for it evidently implies that we have a low opinion of our present attainments, and think it necessary to be advanced.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they posses, and should show their wealth to be more in doing good than merely in having it.

The ear and the eye are the mind's receivers; but the tongue is only busy in expending the treasures received. It, therefore, the revenues of the mind be uttered as fast or faster than they are received, it must needs be bare, and can never lay up for purchase.

God loveth adverbs; and cares not how good, but how well.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.