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

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It is better to be poor and live long than rich and die young

It is better to be poor and live long than rich and die young

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

Good men must die, but death cannot kill their names.

Home is home, be it ever so humble

Home is home, be it ever so humble

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

Self-assurance is two-thirds of success.

Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind another's business

Don't draw another's bow, don't ride another's horse, don't mind another's business

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that...

Our passions are the winds that propel our vessel. Our reason is the pilot that...

To know and not to do is not to know

To know and not to do is not to know

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

Good nature without prudence, is foolishness

It pays to be honest, but it's slow pay

It pays to be honest, but it's slow pay

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable,...

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are moveable,...

Those that marry for money sell their liberty.

Those that marry for money sell their liberty.

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves

In a fiddler's house all are dancers

In a fiddler's house all are dancers

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Parting is such sweet sorrow

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started

Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself

Maturity consists of no longer being taken in by oneself

From the ends of the earth

From the ends of the earth

Reasonable people can differ

Reasonable people can differ

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.....

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...

There are few people who are more often in the wrong than those who cannot...