The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
You never know how a horse will pull until you hook him up to a heavy load.
A man is too apt to forget that in this world he cannot have everything. A choice is all that is left him.
Newspapermen learn to call a murderer 'an alleged murderer' and the King of England 'the alleged King of England' to avoid libel suits.
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.