Virtue dwells at the head of a river, to which we cannot get but by rowing against the stream.

For converse among men, beautiful persons have less need of the mind's commending qualities. Beauty in itself is such a silent orator, that it is ever pleading for respect and liking, and by the eyes of others is ever sending, to their hearts for love.

That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.

He that, when he should not, spends too much, shall, when he would not, have too little to spend.

Contemplation is necessary to generate an object, but action must propagate it.

Pleasures can undo a man at any time, if yielded to.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.