The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

No religion is better than an unnatural one.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.

Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.

But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.