Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

There is a strange charm in the thoughts of a good legacy, or the hopes of an estate, which wondrously removes or at least alleviates the sorrow that men would otherwise feel for the death of friends.

Evil comes not amiss if it comes alone.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The wise hand does not all the tongue dictates.

By the streets of 'by and by,' one arrives at the house of 'never'.