Those graces which from their presumed facility encourage all to attempt an imitation of them, are usually the most inimitable.

There are some men who are fortune's favorites, and who, like cats, light forever on their legs.

The most ridiculous of all animals is a proud priest; he cannot use his own tools without cutting his own fingers.

He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity.

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.

We are ruined, not by what we really want, but by what we think we do; therefore never go abroad in search of your wants; if they be real wants, they will come home in search of you; for he that buys what he does not want, will soon want what he cannot buy.

Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, dispatch of a strong one.