One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water.

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Be not under the dominion of thine own will; it is the vice of the ignorant, who vainly presume on their own understanding.

When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical may be madness. To surrender dreams, this may be madness ...Maddest of all is to see life as it is and not as it should be.