“In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Lack of it.”

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one’s self.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.

Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal.

When you’re testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools that don’t have brains enough to be honest.

Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

When you are finished changing, you’re finished.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

Speak little, do much.

You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.

A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.

Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.

This world crisis came about without women having anything to do with it. If the women of the world had not been excluded from world affairs, things today might have been different.