Oliver Goldsmith

All is not gold that glitters,_x000D_ Pleasure seems sweet, but proves a glass of bitters

Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.

Wealth accumulates, and men decay.

Man wants but little here below, Nor wants that little long.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

There is nothing magnanimous in bearing misfortunes with fortitude, when the whole world is looking on.... He who, without friends to encourage or even without hope to alleviate his misfortunes, can behave with tranquility and indifference, is truly great.

In my time, the follies of the town crept slowly among us, but now they travel faster than a stagecoach.