To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
He's a trellis for varicose veins.
The worst-tempered people I've ever met were people who knew they were wrong.
The only bird that gives the poor a real tumble is the stork.
I had never considered marriage, but I had an open mind, and I was to learn after a brief try at it that most open minds should be closed for repairs.