There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Half a truth is often a great lie.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
