Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course..

Tis not necessity, but opinion, that makes men miserable; and when we come to be fancy-sick, there's no cure..

The most insupportable of tyrants exclaim against the exercise of arbitrary power..

To be longing for this thing to-day and for that thing to-morrow; to change likings for loathings, and to stand wishing and hankering at a venture--h….

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christ….

Partiality in a parent is unlucky; for fondlings are in danger to be made fools..

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages..

Tutors should behave reverently before their pupils..

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an hones….

The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are those….

He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot..

All duties are matters of conscience, with this restriction that a superior obligation suspends the force of an inferior one..

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

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?.

Ingratitude is abhorred by God and man..

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….

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

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..

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

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

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