To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.
Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.
Self-made men are most always apt to be a little too proud of the job.
Hunting after happiness is like hunting after a lost sheep in the wilderness--when you find it, the chances are that it is a skeleton.
Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.