He is a first-rate collector who can, upon all occasions, collect his wits.
Some men give as little light in the world as a farthing tallow candle, and when they expire, leave as bad an odor behind them.
Some people use half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.
One of the very best of all earthly possessions is self-possession.
Some men's ugliness is hard to beat.
Time knows not the weight of sleep or weariness, and night's deep darkness has no chain to bind his rushing pinion.