A hypocrite is a person who--but who isn't?
I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.
No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
Never fear the want of business. A man who qualifies himself well for his calling, never fails of employment.
Reading well is one of the great pleasures that solitude can afford you.
Truly great madness cannot be achieved without significant intelligence.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.