Fix yourself upon the wealthy. In a word, take this for a golden rule through life: Never, never have a friend that is poorer than yourself.

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

Even the worse of jobs has their pleasures, if I were a grave digger or a hangmen, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.

Intemperance is the epitome of every crime, the cause of every kind of misery.

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it.

I would like to have a second chance at my first love.

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.