“Money is a great servant but a bad master.”

“If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him.”

“Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.”

“Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.”

“There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.”

“Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.”

“The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.”