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.

Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.

Is there anything more tedious than the often repeated tales of the old and forgetful?

Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.

Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.

Sometimes the greatest adversities turn out to be the greatest blessings.