The only way to gall and fret effectively is for yourself to be a good and honest man.

The Sun visits cesspools without being defiled.

Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies; because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.

Blushing is the color of virtue.

As houses well stored with provisions are likely to be full of mice, so the bodies of those that eat much are full of diseases.