"For as in a looking-glass, when the face is once gone, it is gone for ever; so in memory, when a thing is once forgotten, it is gone for ever."

"The less people think, the more they talk."

"The human understanding from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds."

"He that studieth revenge, keepeth his own wounds green; which otherwise would heal, and do well."

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."