Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.
Better slip with foot than tongue.
The discovery of a wine is of greater moment than the discovery of a constellation. The universe is too full of stars.
To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast in the very lap of fortune.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.