If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

Opinions should be formed with great caution, and changed with greater.

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

Most everyone seems willing to be a fool himself, but he can't bear to have anyone else one.

When a man gets talking about himself, he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Society is composed of slow Christians and wide-awake sinners.