Beggars beg to get money, not to reproach the passerby.

Arrogance rides triumphantly through the gates, barely glancing at the old woman about to cut the rope and spring shut the trap.

My neglected duties crowd around me in my dreams, murmuring.

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.

If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire.

As a dream comes true, it falls flat.

Never invite to dinner: those who won't decide until the last minute; those who come more than half an hour late; those who want to bring along two or three friends; drunks; monologists; those who stay until three o'clock in the morning; those who think that conversation means having an argument; those who take a high moral tone; those who are stupid, ugly, or dull. Enforcement of these rules will enable one to eat alone every night in comfort.