Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly as it does in the glass of a thermometer.

About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.

If a man should happen to reach perfection in this world, he would have to die immediately to enjoy himself.

The happiest time in any man's life is when he is in red-hot pursuit of a dollar with a reasonable prospect of overtaking it.

Seneca devoted much of his time to writing essays in praise of poverty, and in lending money at usurious rates.