The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Old men, imagining themselves under obligation to young paramours, seldom keep any thing from their knowledge.

Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.

The richest princes and the poorest beggars are to have one great and just judge at the last day who will not distinguish betweenthem according to their ranks when in life but according to the neglected opportunities afforded to each. How much greater then, as the opportunities were greater, must be the condemnation of the one than of the other?

Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.

Chastity, like piety, is a uniform grace.

Why Do We Procrastinate? P - postponing life R - resisting change O - overly cautious C - contemplating course of action R - reasoning and justifying A - afraid of success S - summoning up some courage T - trouble moving forward I - inability to see the outcome N - not able to trust in your abilities to make decisions A - attempting to control the situation T - time to reflect on your motives E - erodes progress