Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Friendship, of itself a holy tie, Is made more sacred by adversity

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

Our incomes should be like our shoes; if too small, they will gall and pinch us; but if too large, they will cause us to stumble and to trip.

We owe almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed, but to those who have differed