After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.
All would live long, but none would be old.
If you have something to do tomorrow, do it today.
He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.
I made the greater progress, from that clearness of head and quicker apprehension which generally attend temperance in eating and drinking.
The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.