Some things are better eschewed than chewed; tobacco is one of them.

A word of kindness is seldom spoken in vain, while witty saying are as easily lost as the pearls slipping from a broken string.

If you woo the company of the angels in your waking hours, they will be sure to come to you in your sleep.

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.

A pin has as much head as some authors and a good deal more point.

It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.

Our material possessions, like our joys, are enhanced in value by being shared. Hoarded and unimproved property can only afford satisfaction to a miser.