Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.

If rich, it is easy enough to conceal our wealth; but, if poor, it is not quite so easy to conceal our poverty. We shall find that it is less difficult to hide a thousand guineas, than one hole in our coat.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.

Short as life is, some find it long enough to outlive their characters, their constitutions and their estates.

The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in adversity, would seem to be this: the friends of a great man were made by his fortune, his enemies by himself, and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than gratitude.

Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.

Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow, the emptiness to its cause.