Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.

Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.

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

Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.

Experience is a safe guide.