Some men's memory is like a box where a man should mingle his jewels with his old shoes.

The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory.

A princely mind will undo a private family.

Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding.

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

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

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