Never chide with anger, but instruction.
No religion is better than an unnatural one.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.