Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

The best recreation is to do good.

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

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

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.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.