True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us as those that are not wholly wrong, as no watches so effectively deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears.

The road to glory would cease to be arduous if it were trite and trodden; and great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities but to make them.

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils.

Falsehood is often rocked by truth, but she soon outgrows her cradle and discards her nurse.