"Debt is a trap which man sets and baits himself and then deliberately gets into."
- Josh Billings
"There are some people so addicted to exaggeration that they can't tell the truth without lying."
"It is a very delicate job to forgive a man without lowering him in his estimation and yours too."
"It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient one too."
"It is not only the most difficult thing to know oneself but the most inconvenient too."
"When a man gets talking about himself he seldom fails to be eloquent and often reaches the sublime."
"As scarce as truth is the supply has always been in excess of the demand."
"There are people who are always anticipating trouble and in this way they manage to enjoy many sorrows that never really happen."
"It is the little things that fret and worry us you can dodge an elephant but not a fly."