Court a mistress, she denies you; let her alone, she will court you.
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
Reader look, not on his picture but his book.
Hell itself must yield to industry.
Many might go to heaven with half the labour they go to hell, if they would venture their industry the right way.
To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.