It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow.
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.
Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.
Don't have any more secrets than you can keep yourself.
Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.
To enjoy a good reputation, give publicly, and steal privately.