Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.
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.
I never knew a man troubled with melancholy, who had plenty to do, and did it.
Health is like money, we never have a true idea of its value until we lose it.
A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.