Extremes produce reaction. Beware that our boasted civilization does not lapse into barbarism.

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the tenth will say something good in a bad way.

A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.

In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not.

The subtle sauce of malice is often indulged in by maidens of uncertain age, over their tea.

Mind is the partial side of men; the heart is everything.