May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

A great step toward independence is a good-humoured stomach.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.

The tempest threatens before it comes; houses creak before they fall.

Do the best you can . . . enjoy the present . . . rest satisfied with what you have.

I am like a book, with pages that have stuck together for want of use: my mind needs unpacking and the truths stored within must be turned over from time to time, to be ready when occasion demands.

There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer.