Fashion makes fools of some, sinners of others, and slaves of all.

When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.

True wisdom is plenty of experience, observation, and reflection. False wisdom is plenty of ignorance, arrogance, and impudence.

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.

Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.