Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want - the want of money.

When ill news comes too late to be serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to yourself.

Indolent people, whatever taste they may have for society, seek eagerly for pleasure, and find nothing. They have an empty head and seared hearts.

Economy is an excellent lure to betray people into expense.

Contempt is frequently regulated by fashion.

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.