A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
Second thoughts oftentimes are the very worst of all thoughts.
The weak and insipid white wine makes at length excellent vinegar.
May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.
Glory relaxes often and debilitates the mind; censure stimulates and contracts,--both to an extreme. Simple fame is, perhaps, the proper medium.
Anger and the thirst of revenge are a kind of fever; fighting and lawsuits, bleeding,--at least, an evacuation. The latter occasions a dissipation of money; the former, of those fiery spirits which cause a preternatural fermentation.