A joker is near akin to a buffoon; and neither of them is the least related to wit.

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

An honest man may really love a pretty girl, but only an idiot marries her merely because she is pretty.

Sincerity w the most compendious wisdom, an excellent instrument for the speedy despatch of business. It creates confidence in those we have to deal with, saves the labor of many inquiries, and brings things to an issue in few words.

There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.

Remember that whatever knowledge you do not solidly lay the foundation of before you are eighteen, you will never be master of while you breathe.

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.