Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.

Nothing contributes to the entertainment of the reader more, than the change of times and the vicissitudes of fortune.

The devil finds work for idle hands to do. Better to reign in the hell than serve in heaven. We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

No man in his senses will dance.

Nature herself makes the wise man rich.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

Honor is the reward of virtue.