Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly

Death cannot kill what never dies.

Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.

Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for him in the calm and shady recess of domestic life.

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.