“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others”
“There are only two ways of getting on in the world either by one's own industry, or by the stupidity of others”
“The world loves a spice of wickedness”
“The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck.”
“In this world truth can wait; she is used to it.”
“In this world, a man must either be anvil or hammer”
“The hell to be endured hereafter, of which theology tells, is no worse than the hell we make for ourselves in this world by habitually fashioned our characters in the wrong way.”
“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it”