A proud man never shows his pride so much as when he is civil.
The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant.
The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular.
Out of mind as soon as out of sight.
Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.
Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity, ill-humor on meanness.