Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

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

Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.

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.

A slander is like a hornet; if you cannot kill it dead at the first blow, better not to strike at it.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.

Pedantry is paraded knowledge.