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

When by habit a man cometh to have a bargaining soul, its wings are cut, so that it can never soar. It bindeth reason an apprentice to gain, and instead of a director, maketh it a drudge.

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

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

Men seldom understand any laws but those they feel.

You should live in the world so as it may hang about you like a loose garment.

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