Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Take the selfishness out of this world and there would be more happiness than we should know what to do with.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.