God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.
If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise; if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.