Poverty is the step-mother of genius.
The man whose only pleasure in life is making money, weighs less on the moral scale than an angleworm.
The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.
Vanity is a strange passion; rather than be out of a job it will brag of its vices.
He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.
Most men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.