If better is possible, good is not enough

If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.

There seems to be three ways for a nation to acquire wealth: the first is by war...this is robbery; the second by commerce, which is generally cheating; the third by agriculture, the only honest way.

Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

Love well, whip well.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.