When thou choosest a wife, think not only of thyself, but of those God may give thee of her, that they reproach thee not for their being.

A man looketh on his little one as a being of better hope; in himself ambition is dead, but it bath a resurrection in his son.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

The seeds of first instructions are dropp'd into the deepest furrows.

Betray mean terror of ridicule, thou shalt find fools enough to mock thee; but answer thou their language with contempt, and the scoffers will lick thy feet.

Not few nor light are the burdens of life; then load it not with heaviness of spirit.

Anger is a noble infirmity; the generous failing of the just; the one degree that riseth above zeal, asserting the prerogative of virtue.