Occasions are rare; and those who know how to seize upon them are rarer.

Life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing those you hold well

Credit is like chastity, they can both stand temptation better than suspicion

The best medicine I know for rheumatism is to thank the Lord that it ain't gout.

Money will buy a pretty good dog, but it won't buy the wag of his tail.

Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined.