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

Life is like a mountain: after climbing up one side and sliding down the other, put up the sled.

Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.

Marrying a woman for her money is very much like setting a rat-trap, and baiting it with your own finger.

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

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.