When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

Though we may be learned by another's knowledge, we can never be wise but by our own experience.

It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.

How often our involuntary facial motions testify to the thoughts we were keeping secret, and betray us to those around!

Habit is second nature.

Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that renders us Happy.

No man is so exquisitely honest or upright in living, but that ten times in his life he might not lawfully be hanged.