It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.

Beauty is . . . a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense.

The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more.

The safe way to double your money is to fold it over once and put it in your pocket.

I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity.

Every father expects his boy to do the things he wouldn't do when he was young.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.