We have the best government that money can buy.

Tough times teach trust.

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

To do good is noble. To tell others to do good is even nobler and much less trouble.

Indeed, none but the Deity can tell what is good luck and what is bad before the returns are all in.

Baccarat is a game whereby the croupier gathers in money with a flexible sculling oar, then rakes it home. If I could have borrowed his oar I would have stayed.

A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on.