Men honor property above all else; it has the greatest power in human life.
'Twas but my tongue, 'twas not my soul that swore.
Money is far more persuasive than logical arguments.
The same man cannot well be skilled in everything; each has his special excellence.
Terrible is the force of the waves of sea, terrible is the rush of the river and the blasts of hot fire, and terrible are a thousand other things; but none is such a terrible evil as woman.
Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame.