The great art of giving consists in this the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.

Nothing arouses ambition so much in the heart as the trumpet-clang of another's fame.

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.

To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth.

There is no revenge like oblivion, for it is the entombment of the unworthy in the dust of their own nothingness.

When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.