Health ... is the first and greatest of all blessings.

In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

I recommend you to take care of the minutes, for the hours will take care of themselves.

A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation, will be very absurd, and consequently very unwelcome in company. He may say very good things; but they will be probably so ill-timed, misplaced, or improperly addressed, that he had much better hold his tongue.

Speak of the moderns without contempt and of the ancients without idolatry; judge them all by their merits, but not by their age

Unlike my subject will I frame my song, It shall be witty and it shan't be long.

Many new years you may see, but happy ones you cannot see without deserving them. These virtue, honor, and knowledge alone can merit, alone can produce.