He who allows his day to pass by without practicing generosity and enjoying life's pleasures is like a blacksmith's bellows: he breathes but does not live.

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Do business best when the wind's in the west

Do business best when the wind's in the west

Opportunity makes the thief

Opportunity makes the thief

Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.

Eat well, drink in moderation, and sleep sound, in these three good health abound.

Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools

Zeal is fit only for the wise but is found mostly in fools

A wicked book cannot repent

A wicked book cannot repent

When I lend I am a friend, when I ask I am a foe.

When I lend I am a friend, when I ask I am a foe.

Count your blessings.

Count your blessings.

God provides, but He needs a nudge.

God provides, but He needs a nudge.

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret

The secret of two is God's secret, the secret of three is everybody's secret

The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to...

The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to...

He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper

He that feeds upon charity has a cold dinner and no supper

Keep your head above water

Keep your head above water

A woman's work is never done

A woman's work is never done

The world's a theater, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors...

The world's a theater, the earth a stage, Which God and nature do with actors...

It is better to want what you have than to have what you want.

It is better to want what you have than to have what you want.

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.

Stupid people always think they are right. Wise people listen to advice.

The excellence of a man is a benefit to the public.

The excellence of a man is a benefit to the public.

A person who does many things differently and often independently makes perhaps the biggest difference...

A person who does many things differently and often independently makes perhaps the biggest difference...

Excellent things are rare.

Excellent things are rare.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.