He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.

Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self