Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.
Rank and riches are chains of gold, but still chains.
If country life be healthful to the body, it is no less so to the mind.
More people laugh at us than with us, however it may appear at the moment.
Trifling favors are readily acknowledged, though cheaply esteemed; but important ones are most rarely remembered.
All papas and mammas have exactly that sort of sight which distinguishes objects at a distance clearly, while they need spectacles to see those under their very noses.