Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.
Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
Every man should know something of law; if he knows enough to keep out of it, he is a pretty good lawyer.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
To bring up a child in the way he should go, travel that way yourself once in a while.