None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.

Most men think indistinctly, and therefore cannot speak with exactness . . .

The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.

It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong.

Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.