The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

If mankind were only just what they pretend to be, the problem of the millennium would be immediately solved.

I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.

Advice can be like cod liver oil, easy enough to administer but not so pleasant to take for anybody.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.