The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
He that drinks fast, pays slow.
I never turned to drink. It seemed to turn to me.
Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.
All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.
Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water.
He’s the best physician who knows the worthlessness of most medicines.
Don’t judge men’s wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.
Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.
Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.
They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.
Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.
A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang.
Clean your finger before you point at my spots.
The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.