What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery?

Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.

Had I a careful and pleasant companion that should show me my angry face in a glass, I should not at all take it ill; to behold man's self so unnaturally disguised and dishonored will conduce not a little to the impeachment of anger.

Poverty is not dishonorable in itself, but only when it comes from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.

Distressed valor challenges great respect, even from an enemy.

Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale.

A healer of others, himself diseased.