It is foolish to make a sensible person suffer for the folly of a fool.
A rule for happiness: never go to bed without feeling sure you have performed at least one act of kindness during the day.
The deafest man is he who does not wish to hear.
With good intentions you can seldom do much wrong.
Bad habits should be early forsaken, for custom becomes second nature.
The wheel of fortune is as steady in its revolutions as a mill-wheel, and although Cupid may smile at the top to-day, to-morrow, in spite of his wings, he may be crushed beneath it.