We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.
Temperance adds zest to pleasure.
The first rule for speaking well is to think well.
One of the duties of old-age, is the management of time. The less that remains to us, the more valuable we ought to consider it.
Politeness costs little and yields much.
We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.