If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.

The green reed which bends in the wind is stronger than the mighty oak which breaks in a storm.

All wisdom is rooted in learning to call things by the right name. When things are properly identified, they fall into natural categories and understanding becomes orderly.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

The gentleman desires to be halting in speech but quick in action.

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

Words are the voice of the heart.