He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.

Whosoever shall look heedfully upon those who are eminent for their riches will not think their condition such as that he should hazard his quiet, and much less his virtue, to obtain it, for all that great wealth generally gives above a moderate fortune is more room for the freaks of caprice, and more privilege for ignorance and vice, a quicker succession of flatteries, and a larger circle of voluptuousness.

We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none.

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

The future is bought with the present.

The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place.