Love is like the measles; we can't have it bad but once, and the later in life we have it the tougher it goes with us.
We mingle in society not so much to meet others as to escape ourselves.
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.