There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

All sorrows are less with bread.

A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.

There are but few proverbial sayings that are not true, for they are all drawn from experience itself, which is the mother of all sciences.

When we are asleep, we are all equal.

Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.