By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

He travels best that knows when to return.

The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.

A drowning man will clutch at a straw.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.