Our necessities never equal our wants.

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

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

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors.

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.

I am in the prime of senility.