As in a game ov cards, so in the game ov life, we must play what is dealt tew us, and the glory consists, not so mutch in winning, as in playing a poor hand well.

I have never known a person to live to be one hundred and be remarkable for anything else.

The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease.

Advice is like kissing: it costs nothing and is a pleasant thing to do.

Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.

Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.