Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.

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I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.

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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences

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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.

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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.

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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

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