Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

Truth is the edict of God.

Ill-nature is a sort of running sore of the disposition.

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.

Tears are a good alterative, but a poor diet.