“Literature is an investment of genius which has dividends to all subsequent times”

“Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does”

“As long as men are liable to die and are desirous to live, a physician will be made fun of, but he will be well paid”

“To be content with life, or to live merrily, rather, all that is required is that we bestow on all things only a fleeting, superficial glance; the more thoughtful we become the more earnest we grow”

“They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.”

“Economy is half the battle of life. It is not so hard to earn money as to spend it well.”