Ere yet we yearn for what is out of our reach, we are still in the cradle. When wearied out with our yearnings, desire again falls asleep; we are on the death-bed.

Men who make money rarely saunter; men who save money rarely swagger.

Man hazards the condition and loses the virtues of a freeman, in proportion as he accustoms his thoughts to view without anguish or shame, his lapse into the bondage of debtor.

Business dispatched is business well done, but business hurried is business ill done.

Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.

A woman is seldom merciful to the man who is timid.

The heart of a man's like that delicate weed, / Which requires to be trampled on, boldly indeed / Ere it gives forth the fragrance you wish to extract.