Merit rather enforces respect than attracts fondness.
An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach.
To do something is in every man's power.