Practice makes perfect.

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

If you want to be rich, think of the savings and get them.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both.

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.