A man's fate is his own temper.
The eyes of the social herd, who always observe little things, and generally form from them their opinions of great affairs.
Having the courage to live within one's means is respectability.
The feathered arrow of satire has oft been wet with the heart's blood of its victims.
Departure should be sudden.
It is well-known what a middleman is: he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other.