What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

I'd give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety's sake.

. . . the state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.

Every tribulation which ever comes our way either is sent to be medicinal, if we will take it as such, or may become medicinal, if we will make it such, or is better than medicinal, unless we forsake it.

It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.