I much prefer a compliment, even if insincere, to sincere criticism.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Courage is to take hard knocks like a man when occasion calls.
We can more easily endure that which shames than that which vexes us.
Your tittle-tattlers, and those who listen to slander, by my good will should all be hanged - the former by their tongues, the latter by the ears.
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.