The best of lessons, for a good many people, would be to listen at a keyhole. It is a pity for such that the practice is dishonorable.
Suspicion has its dupes, as well as credulity.
As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.
In this world of change naught which comes stays and naught which goes is lost.
The most dangerous of all flattery is the inferiority of those about us.
There is nothing steadfast in life but our memories. We are sure of keeping intact only that which we have lost.