Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite

Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.

The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear.

When a young man begins to go down hill everything seems to be greased for the occasion.

If there was no faith there would be no living in this world. We could not even eat hash with any safety.

There is no passion of the human heart that promises so much and pays so little as revenge.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.