Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.
Method goes far to prevent trouble in business: for it makes the task easy, hinders confusion, saves abundance of time, and instructs those that have business depending, both what to do and what to hope.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.