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

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.

It has been well observed that we should treat futurity as an aged friend from whom we expect a rich legacy.

Those who bequeath unto themselves a pompous funeral, are at just so much expense to inform the world of something that had much better be concealed; namely, that their vanity has survived themselves.

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness.

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life; by indifference, which is the most common; by philosophy, which is the most ostentatious; and by religion, which is the most effectual.

The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.