“All excess is ill but drunkeness is of the worst sort. It spoils health dismounts the mind and unmans men. It reveals secrets is quarrelsome lascivious impudent dangerous and bad.”

“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”

“He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.”

“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.”

“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.”

“Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.”

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

“Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.”

“Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.”

“Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.”

“For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.”