"The Triumph of Wit is to make your good Nature subdue your Censure; to be quick in seeing Faults, and slow in exposin…"

"Our nature hardly allows us to have enough of anything without having too much."

"Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men ; and as an habit of being just to our Word …"

"A Husband without Faults is a dangerous Observer."

"In your Clothes avoid too much Gaudy ; do not value your self upon an Imbroidered Gown ; and remember, that a reasona…"

"Remember that Children and Fools want every thing because they want Wit to distinguish: and therefore there is no str…"

"A Princely Mind will undo a private Family."

"The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject."

"A very great Memory often forgetteth how much Time is lost by repeating things of no Use."

"Love is a Passion that hath Friends in the Garrison."