There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.

The efficient man is the man who thinks for himself.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance

There is this difference between the two temporal blessings - health and money; money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed; health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied; and this superiority of the latter is still more obvious when we reflec

Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.