Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.

Where wealth accumulates, men decay.

Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.

You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

Girls like to be played with and rumpled a little too sometimes.

If the soul be happily disposed, every thing becomes capable of affording entertainment, and distress will almost want a name.

Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace the day's disasters in his morning face.