There are braying men in the world, as well as braying asses; for what is loud and senseless talking any other than away of braying?.

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works..

Live and let live is the rule of common justice..

Avarice is insatiable, and is always pushing on for more..

Men indulge those opinions and practices that favor their pretensions..

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable..

Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe, and make themselves the common enemies of mankind..

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them..

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together..

Wickedness may prosper for awhile, but in the long run, he that sets all the knaves at work will pay them..

Money does all things,--for it gives and it takes away; it makes honest men and knaves, fools and philosophers; and so forward, mutatis mutandis, to ….

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch..

The very soul of the slothful does effectually but lie drowsing in his body, and the whole man is totally given up to his senses..

What signifies the sound of words in prayer without the affection of the heart, and a sedulous application of the proper means that may naturally lea….

By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them..

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset..

The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt..

It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts disordered by a tedious visit..

Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man..

The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit..

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal.