Every man is of importance to himself. |
Exercise is labor without weariness. |
The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. |
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other. |
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. |
Second marriage: the triumph of hope over experience. |
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. |
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. |
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. |
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome. |