He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Dally not with other folk's spouses or money.
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.