Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets, With a third dog one of the two dogs meets; With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.

It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.