Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Favoritism manifests itself in all departments of government, public and private. It is the harder to avoid, because it is so natural.

A brave man is sometimes a desperado: a bully is always a coward.

A coxcomb is four-fifths affectation and one-fifth vanity.

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it soon fades away. The in memory of injuries is engraved on the heart, and remains forever.

The suspicious parent makes an artful child.