We pick our own sorrows out of the joys of other men, and from their sorrows likewise we derive our joys.

Virtue is the truest liberty.

Time is like a ship which never anchors; while I am on board, I had better do those things that may profit me at my landing, than practice such as shall cause my commitment when I come ashore.

To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.

Discontent is like ink poured into water, which fills the whole fountain full of blackness.

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?

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