A reasonable probability is the only certainty.
The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them.
There is only one thing people like that is good for them; a good night's sleep.
The greatest thing in the world is for a man to be able to do something well, and say nothing about it.
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.