Most people fancy themselves innocent of those crimes of which they cannot be convicted.
Abstinence is easier than temperance.
Whatever we owe, it is our part to find where to pay it, and to do it without asking, too; for whether the creditor be good or bad, the debt is still the same.
Tis not the belly's hunger that costs so much, but its pride
Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?
Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.