I don't care how much a man talks, if he only says it in a few words.
Wisdom deprives even poverty of half its power.
The miser and the glutton are two facetious buzzards: one hides his store, and the other stores his hide.
It is easier to be virtuous than it is to appear so, and it pays better.
When a man makes up his mind to become a rascal, he should examine himself closely and see if he isn't better constructed for a fool.
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.