Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.

As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those that we intend to commit.

It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose of being good.

Politeness is better than logic. You can often persuade when you cannot convince.

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 men would rather be charged with malice than with making a blunder.