Who is rich? He who is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; and, with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine, hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.

In rivers and bad governments, the lightest things swim at the top.

If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.