Vice is but a nurse of agonies.
Give tribute, but not oblation, to human wisdom.
Reason! how many eyes hast thou to see evils, and how dim, nay, blind, thou art in preventing them.
A just cause and a zealous defender make an imperious resolution cut off the tediousness of cautious discussions.
Provision is the foundation of hospitality, and thrift the fuel of magnificence.
Self-love is better than any gilding to make that seem gorgeous wherein ourselves be parties.