There is no limit to the vanity of this world. Each spoke in the wheel thinks the whole strength of the wheel depends upon it.

I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.

It is a statistical fact that the wicked work harder to reach hell than the righteous do to enter heaven

Sekts and creeds ov religion, are like pocket compesses, good enuff tu pinte out the direction, but the nearer the pole yu git thewuss tha wurk.

Pity cost nothing and ain't worth nothing.

If you would make yourself agreeable wherever you go, listen to the grievances of others but never relate your own.

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