Financial sense is knowing that certain men will promise to do certain things, and fail.
Half the time men think they are talking business, they are wasting time.
It is your enemies who keep you straight. For real use one active, sneering enemy is worth two ordinary friends.
One trouble with growing old is that it gets progressively tougher to find a famous historical figure, who didn't amount to much when he was your age.
A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person.
When a man asks your advice, he usually tells you just how he expects you to decide.