A good reliable set of bowels is worth more to a man than any quantity of brains.
Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.
Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.
Jealousy is one of love's parasites.
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size of the soul. I think there are cases where the trade would do.
A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.