Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.
If you want to make a friend, let someone do you a favor.
A good spouse and health is a person's best wealth.
Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.
Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.
I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.