Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.

The rule in carving holds good as to criticism; never cut with a knife what you can cut with a spoon.

To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.

You must never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.

To make pleasures pleasant shorten them.