“Quarrels would not last long if the fault was only on one side.”

“Raillery is more insupportable than wrong; because we have a right to resent injuries, but are ridiculous in being angry at a jest.”

“People are more slanderous from vanity than from malice.”

“We are more often treacherous through weakness than through calculation.”

“We often act treacherously more from weakness than from a fixed motive.”

“That which ordinary men are fit for, I am qualified in. and the best of me is diligence.”

“Everything yields to diligence.”

“He would give all of his clothes to his servant, admonishing him NOT to return them until he had completed his day's work.”