Could we know what men are most apt to remember, we might know what they are most apt to do.

He who thinks his place below him, will certainly be below his place.

Men that cannot entertain themselves want somebody, though they care for nobody.

He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

Malice is of a low stature, but it hath very long arms.

There is reason to think the most celebrated philosophers would have been bunglers at business; but the reason is because they despised it.

Our virtues and vices couple with one another, and get children that resemble both their parents.