Every one can remember that which has interested himself.

That's a miserable and cursed word, to say I had, when what I have is nothing.

Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

For enemies carry about slander not in the form in which it took its rise . The scandal of men is everlasting; even then does it survive when you would suppose it to be dead.

It is only when we have lost them that we fully appreciate our blessings.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

One eye witness is better than ten hear sayers.