It is of no small commendation to manage a little well. To live well in abundance is the praise of the estate, not of the person. I will study more how to give a good account of my little, than how to make it more."

He is great enough that is his own master.

"I first adventure, follow me who list
And be the second English satirist."

"Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour."

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."