Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

The soul has more diseases than the body.

A learned fool is one who has read everything and simply remembered it.

Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.

Zoroaster said, when in doubt abstain; but this does not always apply. At cards, when in doubt take the trick.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.