God has made no one absolute.

I love the man that is modestly valiant; that stirs not till he most needs, and then to purpose. A continued patience I commend not.

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

Some are so uncharitable as to think all women bad, and others are so credulous as to believe they are all good. All will grant her corporeal frame more wonderful and more beautiful than man's. And can we think God would put a worse soul into a better body?

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

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

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