Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.
If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Nothing is pleasant that is not spiced with variety.
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy.
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.