Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Men of great talents, whether poets or historians, seldom escape the attacks of those who, without ever favoring the world with any production of their own, take delight in criticising the works of others.

Death eats up all things, both the young lamb and old sheep; and I have heard our parson say, death values a prince no more than a clown.

The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the sum of his own works.

Make yourself honey and the flies will devour you.

There's no sauce in the world like hunger.

The worst reconciliation is better than the best divorce.