Every production must resemble its author.
I can look sharp as well as another, and let me alone keep the cobwebs out of my eyes.
A woman's advice has little value, but he who won't take it is a fool.
Take away the cause, and the effect ceases; what the eye ne'er sees, the heart ne'er rues.
To withdraw is not to run away, and to stay is no wise action, when there's more reason to fear than to hope.
True valor lies half way between cowardice and rashness.
The reputation of a woman may be compared to a mirror, shining and bright, but liable to be sullied by every breath that comes near it.
There is a strange charm in the hope of a good legacy that wonderfully reduces the sorrow people otherwise may feel for the death of their relatives and friends.
Tell me what company you keep and I'll tell you what you are (thou art).
All music jars when the soul is out of tune.
Time ripens all things. No man is born wise. Bishops are made of men and not of stones.