Evidence of trust begets trust, and love is reciprocated by love.

Gout is not relieved by a fine shoe nor a hangnail by a costly ring nor migraine by a tiara.

Rest is the sauce of labor.

A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech.

It is easy to utter what has been kept silent, but impossible to recall what has been uttered.

Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.

Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging.

It is a high distinction for a homely woman to be loved for her character rather than for beauty.

The ripeness of adolescence is prodigal in pleasures, skittish, and in need of a bridle.

Anger turns the mind out of doors and bolts the entrance.