A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.

It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.

The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.