There is no royal road or ready way to virtue.
With what shift and pains we come into the World we remember not; but 'tis commonly found no easy matter to get out of it.
He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself (Christian morals).
The heart of man is the place the devil dwells in; I feel sometimes a hell within myself.
To be content with death may be better than to desire it.
Should your riches increase, let your mind keep pace with them.