Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

Round numbers are always false.

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her first husband was

In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine.

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money. It is clear, they have not value for what they spend.