It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.
Genuine laughing is the vent of the soul, the nostrils of the heart, and just as necessary for health and happiness as spring water is for a trout.
Rumor is a vagrant without a home, and lives upon what it can pick up.
Ignorance is the wet-nurse of prejudice.
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.