Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

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.

Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

Well, there's a remedy for all things but death, which will be sure to lay us flat one time or other.

Where one door shuts another opens.

Where there's music there can be no evil.