Loyalty is still the same, whether it win or lose the game; as true as a dial to the sun, although it be not shined upon.

Adversity, if a man is set down to it by degrees, is more supportable with equanimity by most people than any great prosperity arrived at in a single lifetime.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out.

If a man knows not life which he hath seen, how shall he know death, which he hath not seen?

Brigands will demand your money or your life, but a woman will demand both

Spare the rod and spoil the child.