Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?
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.
A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.
When you are in debt, then you are a slave.
He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.