All finery is a sign of littleness.

Defeat serves to enlighten us.

Be not the fourth friend of him who had three before and lost them.

He who freely praises what he means to purchase, and he who enumerates the faults of what he means to sell, may set up a partnership with honesty.

Say not you know another entirely till you have divided an inheritance with him.

The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.

He who comes from the kitchen, smells of its smoke; and he who adheres to a sect, has something of its cant; the college air pursues the student; and dry inhumanity him who herds with literary pedants.