Though confidence is very fine, and makes the future sunny; I want no confidence for mine, I'd rather have the money

That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.

The passions of youth are not more dangerous to health than is the lukewarmness of old age.

Flattery is a base coin which is current only through our vanity.

Everyone agrees that a secret should be kept intact, but everyone does not agree as to the nature and importance of secrecy. Too often we consult ourselves as to what we should say, what we should leave unsaid. There are few permanent secrets, and the scruple against revealing them will not last forever.

We have more indolence in the mind than in the body.

The only thing constant in life is change