Distrust those who love you extremely upon a slight acquaintance, and without any visible reason.

It seems to me that physical sickness softens, just as moral sickness hardens, the heart.

A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, will; whereas a man, who by long negligence, owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all.

Few fathers care much for their sons, or at least, most of them care more for their money. Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it.

There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today

Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.

Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldom or never laugh. A witty thing never excited laughter, it pleases only the mind and never distorts the countenance.