We should make virtue our master, not our servant.

There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards?

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.

Newfoundland dogs are good to save children from drowning, but you must have a pond of water handy and a child, or else there will be no profit in boarding a Newfoundland.