Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.

Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.

The worse the passage the more welcome the port.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

We have all forgot more than we remember.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.