Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number; and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.

He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.

There is this paradox in pride - it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.

Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave

Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.

Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.

We are sure to be losers when we quarrel with ourselves; it is civil war.