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

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

Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

A combed writing will cost both sweat and the rubbing of the brain. And combed I wish it, not frizzled or curled.

Reason and right give the quickest despatch.

Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect change is the way to perfect them. It gets the name of wilfulness when it will not admit of a lawful change to the better. Therefore constancy without knowledge cannot be always good. In things ill it is not virtue, but an absolute vice.

He that despairs degrades the Deity, and seems to intimate that He is insufficient, or not just to His word; and in vain hath read the scriptures, the world, and man.