"Contentment consist not in adding more fuel, but in taking away some fire"
"We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity"
"We have all forgot more than we remember"
"We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed"
"Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm"
"Unseasonable kindness gets no thanks"
"Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help"
"All doors open to courtesy"
"All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer"
"Abused patience turns to fury"
"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it"
"Anger is one of the sinews of the soul"
"An ounce of cheerfulness is worth a pound of sadness to serve God with"
"An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men"
"A good garden may have some weeds"
"A man is not good or bad for one action"
"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him"
"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery"
"A lie has no leg, but a scandal has wings"
"He is poor indeed that can promise nothing"
"He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much"
"He does not believe who does not live according to his belief"
"Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at, and humbled for his sins"
"If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf"
"Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all"
"Get the facts, or the facts will get you. And when you get em, get em right, or they will get you wrong"
"First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife"
"Fame is the echo of actions, resounding them to the world, save that the echo repeats only the last art, but fame relates all, and often more than all"
"Better break your word than do worse in keeping it"
"Better be alone than in bad company"
"Better a tooth out than always aching"
"Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money"
"Bad excuses are worse than none"
"A gift, with a kind countenance, is a double present"
"A drinker has a hole under his nose that all his money runs into"
"A conservative believes nothing should be done for the first time"
