No one gossips about other people's secret virtues.
There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.
The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all of your time.
I like weights. You know where you stand with them. Well, sometimes you're lying under them, trying not to let them crush you, but you see, you KNOW they'd crush you if they could. There's honesty.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.