Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.
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.
I don't never have any trouble in regulating my own conduct, but to keep other folks' straight is what bothers me.
There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.