Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.

Poor Dick, eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick

The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it is.

Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame