That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.

Here let me sit in sorrow for mankind.

All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.

The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.