Criticism sometimes is really praise, and praise sometimes slander.
Conceit causes more conversation than wit.
There are very few things impossible in themselves; and we do not want means to conquer difficulties so much as application and resolution in the use of means.
Sometimes a fool has talent, but never judgment.
There are good marriages, but there are no delightful ones.
Good and bad fortune are found severally to visit those who have the most of the one or the other.