When I see a man of shallow understanding extravagantly clothed, I feel sorry - for the clothes.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.

The man who has never been tempted doesn't know how dishonest he is.

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.

Most people when they come to you for advice, come to have their own opinions strengthened, not corrected.

Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.