Contemptuous people are sure to be contemptible.
Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live.
Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection.
Do not suppose opportunity will knock twice at your door.
His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
A fool who has a flash of wit creates astonishment and scandal, like hack-horses setting out to gallop.