A gift--its kind, its value and appearance; the silence or the pomp that attends it; the style in which it reaches you--may decide the dignity or vulgarity of the giver.

Conscience is the sentinel of virtue.

The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more fully than a thousand rules ostentatiously displayed.

His calumny is not only the greatest benefit a rogue can confer on us, but the only service he will perform for nothing.

Modesty is silent when it would be improper to speak; the humble, without being called upon, never recollects to say anything of himself.

He who prorogues the honesty of today till to-morrow will probably prorogue his to-morrows to eternity.

All affectation is the vain and ridiculous attempt of poverty to appear rich