Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.

[Tho]ugh death be a dark passage; it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith lights us, even through the grave....And this is the comfort of the good, and the grave cannot hold them, and they live as they die. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.