There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.
It is as easy to draw back a stone thrown with force from the hand, as to recall a word once spoken.
Chance is a kind of god, for it preserves many things which we do not observe.
In many things it is not well to say, "Know thyself"; it is better to say, "Know others."
The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.
Conscience is a God to all mortals.