Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

Life is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose.

The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

Eat what you like, but dress for other people.

Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.