Sex the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them

Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable

The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment

Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request

Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely

Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes

If a man has a mind to be thought wiser, and a woman handsomer than they really are, their error is a comfortable one to themselves, and an innocent one with regard to other people

The man who cannot believe his senses, and the man, who cannot believe in anything else, are both insane

Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends