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.

To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.

Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.

Silence is a still noise.