Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.

There are men who gain from their wealth only the fear of losing it.

If poverty makes man groan, he yawns in opulence. When fortune exempts us from labor, nature overwhelms us with time.

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!

Axioms are delightful in theory, but impossible in practice.

The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.

Rumor, once started, rushes on like a river, until it mingles with, and is lost in the sea.