The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

The Golden Age was never the present age.

He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.

Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please.

Hunger never saw bad bread.

He that best understands the world, least likes it

When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.