They who derive their worth from their ancestors resemble potatoes, the most valuable part of which is underground.

If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master.

Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.