He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by.

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

There is this blessing, that while life has but one entrance, it has exits innumerable, and as I choose the house in which I live, the ship in which I will sail, so will I choose the time and manner of my death.

That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks.

Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.

Successful crime is dignified with the name of virtue; the good become the slaves of the wicked; might makes right; fear silences the power of the law.