Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.

The fools in this world make about as much trouble as the wicked do.