Man is my brother, and I am nearer related to him through his vices than I am through his virtue.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

Pity costs nothing, and it ain't worth nothing.

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

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.