By one delay after another they spin out their whole lives, till there's no more future left for them.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

Riches are gotten with pain, kept with care, and lost with grief. The cares of riches lie heavier upon a good man than the inconveniences of an honest poverty.

Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.

We never think of the main business of life till a vain repentance minds us of it at the wrong end.

The lowest boor may laugh on being tickled, but a man must have intelligence to be amused by wit.

Resolve to see the world on the sunny side and you have almost won the battle at the outset.