Now flattery can never do good; twice cursed in the giving and the receiving, it ought to be.

Health can make money, but money cannot make health.

sometimes the very faults of parents produce a tendency to opposite virtues in their children.

Love occupies a vast space in a woman's thoughts, but fills a small portion in a man's life.

No man ever distinguished himself who could not bear to be laughed at.

According to the Asiatics, Cupid's bow is strung with bees which are apt to sting, sometimes fatally, those who meddle with it.

every man who takes a part in politics, especially in times when parties run high, must expect to be abused; they must bear it; and their friends must learn to bear it for them.