Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

Laziness never arrived at the attainment of a good wish.

You cannot eat your cake and have your cake.

Whether it's the pot that hits the rock or the rock that hits the pot , it's the pot that will break every time

Where envy reigns virtue can't exist, and generosity doesn't go with meanness.

A blot in thy escutcheon to all futurity.

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.