Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.

The greatest dangers have their allurements, if the want of success is likely to be attended with a degree of glory. Middling dangers are horrid, when the loss of reputation is the inevitable consequence of ill success.

Mind not only what people say, but how they say it; and if you have any sagacity, you may discover more truth by your eyes than by your ears. People can say what they will, but they cannot look just as they will; and their looks frequently (reveal) what their words are calculated to conceal.

An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.