Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.
He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.
America cultivates best what Germany brought forth.
Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed.
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.