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

I haven't got as much money as some folks, but I've got as much impudence as any of them, and that's the next thing to money.

The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, and he is still at large.

I do not know of a better cure for sorrow than to pity somebody else.

A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates.

Pedigrees seldom improve by age; the grandson is too often a weak infringement on the grandsire's parent.

Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.