Like ice beneath the sun's rays - to such poverty did he fall...his fortune melted to water.

In life it is training rather than birth which counts.

Ancient simplicity is gone...the people of today are satisfied with nothing but finery.

No longer can a young woman feel at ease; for she is ever concerned with the impression that she may be making on others.

To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.

The first consideration for all, throughout life, is the earning of a living.

Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.

If we live by subhuman means we might as well never have had the good fortune to be born human.

If making money is a slow process, losing it is quickly done.

To think twice in every matter and follow the lead of others is no way to make money.

Though mothers and fathers give us life, it is money alone which preserves it.

God's great Law is spiritual.

With courage, always go where you fear to go.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

If you give me the chance, I'll destroy America for you.

I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests.

Allen Iverson is a ball hog. You will never win a championship with him on your team.

They who know the truth are not equal to those who love it, and they who love it are not equal to those who delight in it.

Where there is hope, there is no despair.

Thor is a legend after all and if you're getting a legend back, you've got to get the Darby in.