There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

When you assemble a number of men to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests and their selfish views.

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.

If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than of getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her Outgoes equal her Incomes.

There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.

Poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue; it is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.