Self-possession is the backbone of authority.

Women forgive injuries, but never forget slights.

I have learnt a good deal from my own talk.

Money is a necessity; so is dirt.

Fastidiousness is the envelope of indelicacy.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend, not the man for your banker, though he may do for a traveling companion.

Over-confidence is as evil as undue anxiety.