Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
A book that is shut is but a block.
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
Despair gives courage to a coward.
First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.