For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.

Necessity, that excellent master, hath taught me many things.

There were some so afraid of death that they prayed for death.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Perhaps you will ask whether I can raise these three millions without difficulty. Well, nearly all my capital is invested in land, but I have some money out at interest and I can borrow without any trouble.