He that cannot obey, cannot command.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves; but I give it fair quarter, wherever I meet with it, being persuaded that it is often productive of good to the possessor, and to others who are within his sphere of action: and therefore, in many cases, it would not be altogether absurd if a man were to thank God for his vanity among the other comforts of life.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.