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

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

It strains a man's philosophy the worst kind to laugh when he gets beat.

Never work before breakfast; if you have to work before breakfast, eat your breakfast first.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

It is easy to assume a habit; but when you try to cast it off, it will take skin and all.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.