Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. work
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. failure & fear
Well done is better than well said. motivation
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. money & wisdom
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. work
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. food & home
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. being good
Where there's marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. love & marriage
A place for everything, everything in its place. inspirational
Diligence is the mother of good luck. being good
By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. motivation
Applause waits on success. success
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them. courage
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. love
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. greatness & time
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. anger
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. happiness, money & nature
God helps those who help themselves. God
Nine men in ten are would be suicides. men
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. life
If you would be loved, love, and be loveable. love
Beware the hobby that eats. food
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. knowledge & wisdom
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. work
Honesty is the best policy. best & wisdom
God works wonders now and then Behold a lawyer, an honest man. God
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. best, education & knowledge
We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid. work
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. time
He that can have patience can have what he will. patience
At twenty years of age the will reigns at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment. aging
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. peace & war
A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. greatness
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. being good
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good. being good & time
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. life
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. money
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. business & death
The first mistake in public business is the going into it. business
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed. government
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. anger & being good
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. greatness
Remember that credit is money. money
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. anniversary, happiness & marriage
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. peace
Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them. being good
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. being good & government
The doors of wisdom are never shut. wisdom
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. morning
I saw few die of hunger of eating, a hundred thousand. death
If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. money
You may delay, but time will not. time
Beauty and folly are old companions. beauty
There was never a good war, or a bad peace. being good, peace & war
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. being funny & God
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. learning
Genius without education is like silver in the mine. education
Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. being good
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. death & morning
Many foxes grow gray but few grow good. being good
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. being good & greatness
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. nature
Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. men
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. life, love & time
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. happiness
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. finance & being good
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. friendship
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. religion & work
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. men
He that lives upon hope will die fasting. hope
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. learning
Necessity never made a good bargain. being good
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. time
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. happiness
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. success
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. God
Half a truth is often a great lie. greatness & truth
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. life
Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. peace
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. money
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. faith & men
A good conscience is a continual Christmas. Christmas & being good
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. experience
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. marriage
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. greatness
Observe all men, thyself most. men
Fatigue is the best pillow. best
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. faith
If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality. time
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. men
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. greatness & time
Lost time is never found again. time
To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly. being alone & faith
Hunger is the best pickle. best
The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing. art