No nation was ever ruined by trade.

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

Nine men in ten are would be suicides.

The doors of wisdom are never shut.

Beware the hobby that eats.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Rather go to bed without dinner than to rise in debt.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants.

The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.