It is easier to make money than to save it. One is exertion, the other, self-denial.

Give me a chance, says Stupid, and I will show you. Ten to one he has had his chance already, and neglected it.

Nature's bank-dividends.

One of the old philosophers says that it is the part of wisdom to sometimes seem a fool; but in our day there are too many ready-made ones to render this a desirable policy.

Life ain't all beer and skittles.

Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business.

If you have a thrust to make at your friend's expense, do it gracefully, it is all the more effective. Some one says the reproach that is delivered with hat in hand is the most telling.