Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

Time, O my friend, is money! Time wasted can never conduce to money well managed.

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself.

A gentleman's taste in dress is upon principle, the avoidance of all things extravagant. It consists in the quiet simplicity of exquisite neatness; but, as the neatness must be a neatness in fashion, employ the best tailor; pay him ready money, and, on the whole, you wi11 find him the cheapest.

Keep we to the broad truths before us; duty here; knowledge comes alone in the Hereafter.

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.