None are so busy as the fool and knave.
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
Lawyers spend a great deal of their time shoveling smoke.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.