No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselves.
The great source of pleasure is variety.
The first step to greatness is to be honest.
Riches seldom make their owners rich.
Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which, at the time of regular payment, will be missed and regretted.
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding.