I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?

Lying rides upon debt's back.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'