“We ought to consider the end in everything.”

Nothing weighs more than a secret.

One often has need of one inferior to himself.

Men of all ages have the same inclinations, over which reason exercises no control. Thus, wherever men are found, there are follies, ay, and the same follies.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

Religious contention is the devil’s harvest.

We become innocent when we are unfortunate.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness.

Often we find our own destiny on the same roads that we have been avoiding.

The worst time is always the present.

We are never content with our lot.

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.

You’ve tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return.

And to that end to invite intelligent discussion from all shades of opinion.

It is easier to begin well than to finish well.

If I had my way, I’d end all wars and poverty.

And at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

So it is the great end of Christian living to transmute the light of truth into the fruits of holy living.

The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation.

The time to stop a revolution is at the beginning, not the end.

The law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.