Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor.

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.