Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
Music wasn't made to make us wise, but better natured.
Prejudice is a house-plant which is very apt to wilt if you take it out-of-doors among folks.
There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.
Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.
Rivalry and envy are Siamese twins.