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

Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.

The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.

For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience

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.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.