The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.

Some reputed saints that have been canonized ought to have been cannonaded.

The only kind office performed for us by our friends of which we never complain is our funeral; and the only thing which we most want, happens to be the only thing we never purchase--our coffin.

For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.

Evils in the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers upon their road; they both appear great at a distance, but when we approach them we find that they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.