The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

There are three great events in our lives: birth, life and death. Of birth we have no conscience; with death, we suffer; and, concerning life, we forget to live it.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world.

A blockhead cannot come in, nor go away, nor sit, nor rise, nor stand, like a man of sense.

It is a proof of boorishness to confer a favor with a bad grace; it is the act of giving that is hard and painful. How little does a smile cost?

If our life is unhappy it is painful to bear; if it is happy it is horrible to lose, So the one is pretty equal to the other.