About the only difference between the poor and the rich, is this, the poor suffer misery, while the rich have to enjoy it.

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Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

No one can disgrace us but ourselves.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

It is a very delicate job to forgive a man, without lowering him in his...

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

There are two things in life for which we are never truly prepared: twins.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

Poverty is the step-mother of genius

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

Old maids sweeten their tea with scandal.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Contentment is a kind of moral laziness; if thare want ennything but contentment in his...

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

Experience is a school where a man learns what a big fool he has been

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

When a man comes to me for advice I find out the kind of advice...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Silence is said to be golden, but the best fools the world has ever produced...

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

There's a great power in words, if you don't hitch too many of them together.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for...

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule,...

Most of the fundamental ideas of science are essentially simple, and may, as a rule,...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...

Many a man has cherished for years as his hobby some vague shadow of an...