Avarice Is More Directly Opposed To Thrift

Self-interest Makes Some People Blind, And Others Sharp-sighted.

Neither Love Nor Fire Can Subsist Without Perpetual Motion; Both Cease To Live So Soon As They Cease To Hope, Or To Fear.

A Man's Worth Has Its Season, Like Fruit.

Men Frequently Do Good Only To Give Themselves Opportunity Of Doing Ill With Impunity.

Some Disguised Deceits Counterfeit Truth So Perfectly That Not To Be Taken In By Them Would Be An Error Of Judgment.