Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what none else can, has genius.

There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

Close thine ear against him that shall open his mouth secretly against another. If thou receivest not his words, they fly back and wound the reporter. If thou dost receive them, they fly forward and wound the receiver.

A sneer is often the sign of heartless malignity.

Women are proverbially credulous.

Thinkers are as scarce as gold.