One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

Better make a weak man your enemy than your friend

There are people who are always anticipating trouble, and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen to them.

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice he wants - and I give it to him