A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart.

They say fingers were made before forks, and hands before knives.

The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.

hoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumors so little founded on truth Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

Story-telling is subject to two unavoidable defects,--frequent repetition and being soon exhausted; so that, whoever values this gift in himself, has need of a good memory, and ought frequently to shift his company.