Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

He that doth public good for multitudes, finds few are truly grateful

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

The over curious are not over wise.

I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.

We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.