Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected.

The first lover is kept a long while, when no offer is made of a second.

It often happens that things come into the mind in a more finished form than could have been achieved after much study.

Nothing is given so profusely as advice.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us.

Those who are themselves incapable of great crimes are ever backward to suspect others.