The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
Half a truth is often a great lie.
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands or commanding wives.
To find out a girl’s faults, praise her to her girl friends.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
Lost time is never found again.
