There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.

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

It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.

What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.

Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.