True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.
Gold--the picklock that never fails.
Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours.
0 summer friendship, whose flat-tering leaves shadowed us in our prosperity, With the least gust, drop off in the autumn of adversity.