The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it.
To be ungrateful is to be unnatural. The head may be thus guilty, not the heart.
Obtuseness is sometimes a virtue.
Brave men do not boast nor bluster. Deeds, not words, speak for such.
It is a notable circumstance that mothers who are themselves open to severe comments as to their, moral character, are generally most solicitous as to the virtuous behavior of their daughters.
Poverty treads close upon the heels of great and unexpected wealth.