'Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.

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

Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.

To be prepared is half the victory.

You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.

Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.

My grandma (rest her soul) used to say, ''There were but two families in the world, have-much and have-little.''

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

The bow cannot always stand bent, nor can human frailty subsist without some lawful recreation.

Miracle me no miracles.