Eat... to live, and do not live to eat.

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.

Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.

Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.