The vices of the rich and great are mistaken for error; and those of the poor and lowly, for crimes.

Praise is the only gift for which people are really grateful.

You were wise not to waste years in a lawsuit ... he who commences a suit resembles him who plants a palm-tree which he will not live to see flourish.

Listeners beware, for ye are doomed never to hear good of yourselves.

The infirmities of genius are often mistaken for its privileges.

To appear rich, we become poor.

Borrowed thoughts, like borrowed money, only show the poverty of the borrower.