There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.

I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception

Though every man naturally abhorreth sorrow, and loves the most merry and joyful life; yet few do love the way to joy, or will endure the pains by which it is obtained; they will take the next that comes to hand, and content themselves with earthly pleasures, rather than they will ascend to heaven to seek it ;l and yet when all is done, they must have it there, or be without it (491).

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.