Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay.

The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.

Misfortunes should always be expected.

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.