It is a great deal easier for a man to find a pedigree to fit his virtues than virtues to fit his pedigree.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

Pride seems tew be quite equally distributed; the man who owns the carriage and the man who drives it seem tew have it just alike.

Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.

The time to pray is not when we are in a tight spot but just as soon as we get out of it.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.