“You speak of my drinking, yet you don't know my thirst”

“Don't marry for money, you can borrow it cheaper.”

“Better bend than break.”

“Open confession is good for the soul.”

“Give and take makes good friends.”

“Friends are lost by calling often and calling seldom.”

“We should every night call ourselves to an account: What infirmity have I mastered today? What passions opposed! What temptation resisted? What virtue acquired?”

“Each morning puts man on trial and each evening passes judgement.”

“I think what has this day brought me and what have I given it?”