Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.
He who has no mind to trade with the Devil should be so wise as to keep from his shop.
Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.
It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop.
An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract; and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination.