When we are conscious of the least comparative merit in ourselves, we should take as much care to conceal the value we set upon it, as if it were a real defect; to be elated or vain upon it is showing your money before people in want.

Possession is eleven points in the law.

The happy have whole days.

The happy have whole days, and those they choose. The unhappy have but hours, and those they lose.

Old houses mended, Cost little less than new before they're ended.

Faint is the bliss, that never past thro' pain.

You know, one had as good be out of the world, as out of the fashion.