As long as we are lucky we attribute it to our smartness; our bad luck we give the gods credit for.

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

Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.

If the world despises a hypocrite, what must they think of him in heaven?

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

Metaphysics is the science of proving what we don't understand.

Love is said to be blind, but I know some fellows in love who can see twice as much in their sweethearts as I do.