"The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel."

"It is a thing that ever proveth, that a man's fortune is the fruit of his own virtue."

"The greatest wisdom is to know oneself."

"Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men."

"Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, old authors to read."