The nearest we can come to) perfect happiness is to cheat ourselves with the belief that we have got it.
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
Debt is like any other trap, easy enough to get into, but hard enough to get out of.
Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
Wise men have but few confidants, and cunning ones none.
Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite