The greatest mistake any man ever made is to suppose that the good things of the world are not worth the winning.

After money in the bank, a grudge is the next best thing.

Wine is valued for its price, not its flavor.

A man's own dinner is to himself so important that he cannot bring himself to believe that it is a matter utterly indifferent to anyone else.

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable.

It's dogged as does it.

A fellow oughtn't to let his family property go to pieces.