“We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.”

Their silence is enough praise.

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

The less my hope, the hotter my love.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

Of my friends I am the only one left.

Fortune helps the brave.

You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.

Charity begins at home.

It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.

I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.

She never was really charming till she died.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?

While the mind is in doubt, it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.

It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.

Moderation in all things.