We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

The bee enclosed and through the amber shown Seems buried in the juice which was his own.

Defer not charities till death; for certainly, if a man weigh it rightly, he that doth so is rather liberal of another man's than of his own.

Money is like muck, not good unless spread.

Young people are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for execution than for counsel; and more fit for new projects than for settled business.

A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.

Praise from the common people is generally false, and rather follows the vain than the virtuous.