How many would die did not hope sustain them.

Virtue were a kind of misery if fame were all the garland that crowned her.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

It is a most unhappy state to be at a distance with God: man needs no greater infelicity than to be left to himself.

A sentence well couched takes both the sense and understanding. I love not those cart-rope speeches that are longer than the memory of man can fathom.

It is rare to see a rich man religious; for religion preaches restraint, and riches prompt to unlicensed freedom.

Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.