Prejudice assumes the garb of reason, but the cheat is too thin.

The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.

Truth is the edict of God.

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

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.

My advice to those who are about to begin, in earnest, the journey of life, is to take their heart in one hand and a club in the other.

It is not much trouble to doctor sick folks, but to doctor healthy ones is troublesome.