As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
Well done is better than well said.
People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages.
Mankind are dastardly when they meet with opposition.
It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.