“He is ill clothed, who is bare of virtue.”
“the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. if all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses, nor fine furniture. ”
“I am captivated more by dreams of the future then history of the past.”
“My companion at the press drank every day a pint before breakfast, a pint at breakfast with his bread and cheese, a pint between breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o’clock, and another when he had done his day’s work.”
“Never take a wife till thou hast a house(and a fire) to put her in.”
“Don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”