The life of man is like a game with dice; if you don't get the throw you want, you must show your skill in making the best of the throw you get.
There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
Charity begins at home.
It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.
How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.