Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools.

The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses.

Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.

A plodding diligence brings us sooner to our journey's end than a fluttering way of advancing by starts.

Live and let live is the rule of common justice.

Pretences go a great way with men that take fair words and magisterial looks for current payment.

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit.