A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.

If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.

Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style.

Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits.

There ain't anything that is so interesting to look at as a place that a book has talked about.

The old saw says - 'Let a sleeping dog lie.' Experience knows better; experience says, If you want to convince do it yourself.

Honesty is often the best policy, but sometimes the appearance of it is worth six of it.