It is well to be born either a king or a fool.
The ascent from earth to heaven is not easy.
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners.
There is as much greatness of mind in the owning of a good turn as in the doing of it; and we must no more force a requital out of season than be wanting in it.
Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
I shall never be ashamed to quote a bad author if what he says is good.