Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
The tree is but a huge boquet.
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
The bibliophile is the master of his books, the bibliomaniac their slave.
The true secret of giving advice is, after you have honestly given it, to be perfectly indifferent whether it is taken or not, and never persist in trying to set people right.
A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.