Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

Early genius, like early cabbage, does not head well.