Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid.
Winter does not work only on a broad scale; he is careful in trifles.
Trifles make up the happiness or the misery of mortal life.
My friend is not perfect-no more than I am-and so we suit each other admirable.
The globe has been circumnavigated, but no man ever yet has; you may survey a kingdom and note the result in maps, but all the savants in the world could not produce a reliable map of the poorest human personality.
If you do your fair day's work, you are certain to get your fair day's wage - in praise or pudding, whichever happens to suit your taste.