"Better no law than laws not enforced."

"To a quick question, give a slow answer."

"If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot."

"The best armor is to keep out of range."

"He that jokes confesses."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"Compromise, if not the spice of life, is its solidity. It is what makes nations great and marriages happy."

"Whatever you may look like, marry a man your own age. As your beauty fades, so will his eyesight."

"GLUTTON, n. A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia."

"Women will work out their destinies-much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women."

"The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way."

"REFLECTION, n. An action of the mind whereby we obtain a clearer view of our relation to the things of yesterday and are able to avoid the perils that we shall not again encounter."