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

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

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

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

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

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

Truth and fidelity are the pillars of the temple of the world; when these are broken, the fabric falls, and crushes all to pieces.