Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.

Whate'er the talents, or howe'er designed, We hang one jingling padlock on the mind.

They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business.

In lazy apathy let stoics boast, their virtue fix'd: 't is fix'd as in a frost; contracted all, retiring to the breast; but strength of mind is exercise, not rest.

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.