Loud-dressing men and women have also loud characters.

He who sports compliments, unless he takes good aim, may miss his mark, and be wounded by the recoil of his own weapon.

Some people have a perfect genius for doing nothing, and doing it assiduously.

People have no right to make fools of themselves, unless they have no relations to blush for them.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Wishes, like castles in the air, are inexpensive and not taxable.

Mules and human jackasses are proverbially stubborn.