The giving is the hardest part; what does it cost to add a smile?

The majority of men devote the greater part of their lives to making their remaining years unhappy.

If you wish to be held in esteem, you must associate only with those who are esteemable

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value they put on themselves.

It is the glory and merit of some men to write well, and of others not to write at all

A strict observer is one who would be an atheist under an atheistic king.

A man can keep a secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

A sanctimonious man is one who under an atheist king would be atheist

The same vices that are gross and insupportable in others we do not notice in ourselves

Between genius and talent there is the proportion of the whole to its part