Virtue, not pedigree, should characterize nobility. Nothing can overtake an untruth if it has a minute's start. It takes a good many shovelsfull of earth to bury the truth. The old cow will never admit that she was once a silly calf. A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still.
Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Preachers can talk but never teach unless they practice what they preach. A change in fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon. The man born to misfortune will fall on his back and fracture his nose. When a big stone falls from the mountain many small stones fall after it. A captain of industry is nothing but a buck private to his wife.