Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain, the enjoying of something I am in great trouble for till I have it.

Old friends are best.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

A gallant man is above ill words.

The smaller fry disappears while the bigger one still rules in the business world and also in other areas like politics.

To be clever in the afternoon argues that one is dining nowhere in the evening.

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.

Integrity is essential and irreplaceable. It is the most valuable asset for a person, a company, or a society seeking to build and progress.

I wish we didn't have to tell this story.

In worship, God imparts himself to us.

If you hang around with losers you become a loser

No one hates his job so heartily as a farmer.

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries.