“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it's only good for wallowing in
“We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions.
“Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust
“Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip
“People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it.
“Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time
“Do not waste your time on social questions. What is the matter with the poor is poverty; what is the matter with the rich is uselessness.