Some men are very entertaining for a first interview, but after that they are exhausted, and run out; on a second meeting we shall find them flat and monotonous; like hand-organs, we have heard all their tunes.

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.

There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

It is more easy to forgive the weak who have injured us than the powerful whom we have injured.

The praise of the envious is far less creditable than their censure; they praise only that which they can surpass, but that which surpasses them they censure.