There is no one subsists by himself alone.

No man can expect to find a friend without faults; nor can he propose himself to be so to another. Without reciprocal mildness and temperance there can be no continuance of friendship. Every man will have something to do for his friend, and something to bear with in him. The sober man only can do the first; and for the latter, patience is requisite. It is better for a man to depend on himself, than to be annoyed with either a madman or a fool.

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

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

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.

By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.

If ever I should affect injustice, it would be in this, that I might do courtesies and receive none.