Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.

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No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose...

No one is rich whose expenditures exceed his means, and no one is poor whose...

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Whenever there is authority, there is a natural inclination to disobedience.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

Failures to heroic minds are the stepping stones to success.

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

The memory of past favors is like a rainbow, bright, vivid, and beautiful; but it...

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.

When a man is wrong and won't admit it, he always gets angry.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.

To carry care to bed is to sleep with a pack on your back.