If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.
If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.
Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.
A people who chose security over liberty will receive neither nor deserve either.