History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing it.
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.