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

The more humble a man is before God the more he will be exalted; the more humble he is before man, the more he will get rode roughshod.

Experience is a grindstone; and it is lucky for us, if we can get brightened by it, and not ground.

Men are seldom underrated; the mercury in a man finds its true level in the eyes of the world just as certainly as it does in the glass of a thermometer.

the squeeky wheel gets the grease.

As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither.

Too many individuals are like Shakespeare's definition of "echo,"--babbling gossips of the air.