God has made no one absolute.

By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by common sense and perseverance.

Riches, though they may reward virtues, yet they cannot cause them; he is much more noble who deserves a benefit than he who bestows one.

To be gentle is the test of a lady.

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time.

Hope is to a man as a bladder to a learning swimmer--it keeps him from sinking in the bosom of the waves, and by that help he may attain the exercise; but yet it many times makes him venture beyond his height, and then if that breaks, or a storm rises, he drowns without recovery. How many would die, did not hope sustain them! How many have died by hoping too much! This wonder we find in Hope, that she is both a flatterer and a true friend.