A liar should have a good memory.

The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.

As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.

That laughter costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.

When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.

Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.