The soul has more diseases than the body.
Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
Keep a cow, and then the milk won't have to be watered but once.
One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.
Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.