It is the little bits of things that fret and worry us; we can dodge a elephant, but we can't dodge a fly.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

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

Woman's influence is powerful, especially when she wants something.

Occasions are rare; and those, who know how to seize upon them, are rarer.

Remember the poor, it costs nothing.