The first day one is a guest, the second a burden, and the third a pest.

It is boorish to live ungraciously: the giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

A position of eminence makes a great person greater and a small person less.

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably.

The pleasure a man of honor enjoys in the consciousness of having performed his duty is a reward he pays himself for all his pains.

If you suppress the exorbitant love of pleasure and money, idle curiosity, iniquitous pursuits and wanton mirth, what a stillness would there be in the greatest cities.