Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Rumor is like bees; the more you fight them the more you don't get rid of them.

The best condition in life is to be not so rich as to be envied nor so poor as to be damned.

It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.

Titles are valuable; they make us acquainted with many persons who otherwise would be lost among the rubbish.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

A secret ceases to be a secret if it is once confided - it is like a dollar bill, once broken, it is never a dollar again.