Absurdities die of self-strangulation.

A man is never astonished that he doesn't know what another does, but he is surprised at the gross ignorance of the other in not knowing what he does.

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose incomings exceed his outgoings.

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

Absurdities die of self-strangulation.

Self-possession is the backbone of authority.