The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.

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

He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love.

God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.