The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.
Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
I have a rendezvous with Death at some disputed barricade.
It's better to get mugged than to live a life of fear.
There just isn't any pleasing some people. The trick is to stop trying.
Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
Oh, duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does oneself.
The present condition of fame is merely fashion.
Look for the good, not the evil, in the conduct of members of the family.
The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.
I have lived, and I have run the course which fortune allotted me and now my shade shall descend illustrious to the grave.
Most people are willing to pay more to be amused than to be educated.