Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.

Half of the troubles of this life can be traced to saying yes too quickly and not saying no soon enough.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.

Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.

When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.