The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.
It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.
Where facts are few, experts are many.