Men mourn for what they have lost; women for what they ain't got.
One of the rarest things that a man ever does, is to do the best he can.
Friendship is like earthenware, once broken, it can be mended; love is like a mirror, once broken that ends it.
It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
A witty writer is like a porcupine; his quill makes no distinction between friend and foe.
Dr. Holmes says, both wittily and truly, that crying widows are easiest consoled.