Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame.
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.
Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.
One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship.
Lost time is never found again.
Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.
Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable; and those who move.
A penny saved is a penny earned.
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
