Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.

A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man--the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

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