Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.

Men are less forgiving than women.

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.