Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
A man cannot learn to be wise any more than he can learn to be handsome.
A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself.