Politeness makes one appear outwardly as they should be within

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

Making books is a skilled trade, like making clocks

The punishment of a criminal is an example to the rabble; but every decent man is concerned if an innocent person is condemned

Next to sound judgment, diamonds and pearls are the rarest things in the world

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth

One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all

There are only three events in a man's life; birth, life, and death; he is not conscious of being born, he dies in pain, and he forgets to live

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity

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

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father

A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably

At the beginning and at the end of love, the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone