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The counsel of a good book is far superior to that of a man who says one thing and does another.

If other people would only be as reasonable as we are, what a heaven this earth would be.

The world has no sympathy for the gambler who loses.

Trust in God, but keep a sharp lookout on your friends.

Tell the truth and you will shame the devil; you will also surprise him very often.

The knowledge that virtue is its own reward is what deters many from well doing.

It requires no particular skill to win the game when Fortune has dealt you all the trumps.

We give much more thought to what is due to us than to what is due from us.

A camel may not be able to pass through the eye of a needle, but that does not deter many a lobster from trying to do so.

The man who sees things as they are is regarded as a madman, just as those were formerly looked upon who maintained that the earth was round. The average man sees things as they seem to be.

We are all convinced of the righteousness and reasonableness of majority rule—when we happen to belong to the majority.

The greater his trouble, the more a man hugs it to his heart.