Don't ever prophesy; for if you prophesy wrong, nobody will forget it; and if you prophesy right, nobody will remember it.
Young widows still bide their time.
It's not only the most difficult thing to know one's self, but the most inconvenient.
Peace is the soft and holy shadow that virtue casts.
There is only one good substitute for the endearments of a sister, and that is the endearments of some other fellow's sister.
Never run into debt, not if you can find anything else to run into.