Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.
Some men love truth so much that they seem to be in continual fear lest she should catch a cold on overexposure.
Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do.