Gold And Silver Are But Merchandise, As

Little Secrets Are Commonly Told Again, But Great Ones Generally Kept.

As Fathers Commonly Go, It Is Seldom A Misfortune To Be Fatherless; And Considering The General Run Of Sons, As Seldom A Misfortune To Be Childless.

A Certain Degree Of Ceremony Is A Necessary Outwork Of Manners, As Well As Of Religion; It Keeps The Forward And Petulant At A Proper Distance, And Is A Very Small Restraint To The Sensible And To The Well-bred Part Of The World.

Idleness Is Only The Refuge Of Weak Minds.

Cottages Have Them (falsehood And Dissimulation) As Well As Courts, Only With Worse Manners.