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.

It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. In this divine glass, they see face to face; and their converse is free as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

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.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

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

Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.