All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.

'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

Go softly by that river side Or when you would depart, You'll find its every winding tied; And knotted round your heart.