It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

Honesty is the best policy; but he who is governed by that maxim is not an honest man.

Woman is like the reed which bends to every breeze, but breaks not in the tempest.

It is one thing to wish to have truth on our side, and another to wish sincerely to be on the side of truth.

If all our wishes were gratified, most of our pleasures would be destroyed.

The word of knowledge, strictly employed, implies three things: truth, proof, and conviction.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.