Any man shall speak the better when he knows what others have said, and sometimes the consciousness of his inward knowledge gives a confidence to his outward behavior, which of all other is the best thing to grace a man in his carriage.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

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

Take heed of a speedy professing friend; love is never lasting which flames before it burns.

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

Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves, and by that help he may attain the exercise; but yet it many times makes him venture beyond his height, and then if that breaks, or a storm rises, he drowns without recovery. How many would die, did not hope sustain them! How many have died by hoping too much! This wonder we find in Hope, that she is both a flatterer and a true friend.

When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.