Whoever plays deep must necessarily lose his money or his character.

Instead of giving in to the greatest misfortune that can happen at my age, deafness, I busy myself in searching out all possible compensations, and I apply myself much more to all the amusements that are here within my grasp.

A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.

People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.