Hold you there, neither a strange hand nor my own, neither heavy nor light shall touch my bum.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.

Every man is the son of his own works.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

That's the nature of women, not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not.

A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.

Drink moderately, for drunkeness neither keeps a secret, nor observes a promise.