Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

The common man, no matter how sharp and tough, actually enjoys having the wool pulled over his eyes, and makes it easier for the puller.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the outgo.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

Instead of spending money, I earned it.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.