I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
Our continual desire for praise ought to convince us of our mortality, if nothing else will.
I would much rather always look forward to the time when I am going to ride in a carriage, than to look back on the time when I used to.
Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself, and then deliberately gets into.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.