Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Be kind to your mother-in-law, but pay for her board at some good hotel.
Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
Admiration is a youthful fancy will which scarcely ever survives to mature years.
Faith is the soul riding at anchor.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.