The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.
Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Be cheerful -- the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.