It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.
Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.
Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.
People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.
The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
God hangs the greatest weights upon the smallest wires.
Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.
God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.
Rebellions of the belly are the worst.
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
Judges ought to be more leaned than witty, more reverent than plausible, and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
Silence is the virtue of fools.
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world.
Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
