God has made no one absolute.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

The boundary of man is moderation. When once we pass that pale our guardian angel quits his charge of us.

When two friends part they should lock up one another's secrets, and interchange their keys.

Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.

Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.

To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.