The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Vulgar and inactive minds confound familiarity with knowledge, and conceive themselves informed of the whole nature of things, when they are shown their form or told their use.