The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.

He that is much flattered soon learns to flatter himself.

Any of us would kill a cow rather than not have beef.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write.

Those that have done nothing in life, are not qualified to judge of those that have done little

In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant.