Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.
It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.
No one can disgrace us but ourselves.
The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.