Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

Many good qualities are not sufficient to balance a single want – the want of money.

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become little, and the little great.

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.