He who can conceal his joys, is greater than he who can hide his griefs

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.

The cruelty of the effeminate is more dreadful than that or the hardy.

Who forces himself on others is to himself a load. Impetuous curiosity is empty and inconstant. Prying intrusion may be suspected of whatever is little.

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

He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.

True worth is as inevitably discovered by the facial expression, as its opposite is sure to be clearly represented there. The human face is nature's tablet, the truth is certainly written thereon.