 I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. |
| Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes. |
| Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. |
| Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. |
| Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. |
| The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. |
| There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. |
| Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. |
| If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing. |
| He that's secure is not safe. |
| By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. |
| 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. |
| The discontented man finds no easy chair. |
| Observe all men, thyself most. |
| Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. |
| A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. |
| The first mistake in public business is the going into it. |
| Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. |
| Beauty and folly are old companions. |
| Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five. |
