“Fish and visitors smell in three days.”

To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned.

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

To cease to think creatively is to cease to live.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Words may show a man’s wit, actions his meaning.

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Women are books, and men the readers be.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

One today is worth two tomorrows.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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.

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.