Irony is to the high-bred what billingsgate is to the vulgar; and when one gentleman thinks another gentleman an ass, he does not say it point-blank, he implies it in the politest terms he can invent.

Debt is to man what the serpent is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave.

Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life – serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.

Prudence, patience, labor, valor; these are the stars that rule the career of mortals.

One vice worn out makes us wiser than fifty tutors.

A prudent consideration for Number One.

If you are in doubt whether to write a letter or not, don’t. And the advice applies to many doubts in life besides that of letter writing.

A woman too often reasons from her heart; hence two-thirds of her mistakes and her troubles.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

Agreeable surprises are the perquisites of youth.