A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.
What appear to be calamities are often the sources of fortune.
Nature has given us two ears but only one mouth.
I see before me the statue of a celebrated minister, who said that confidence was a plant of slow growth. But I believe, however gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity.
We moralize among ruins.
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.