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

The easiest thing for our friends to discover in us, and the hardest thing for us to discover in ourselves, is that we are growing old.

Nature makes all the noblemen; wealth, education, or pedigree never made one yet.

Economy is a savings-bank, into which men drop pennies, and get dollars in return.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Advice maybe wrong, but examples prove themselves.