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"He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner."

"Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today."

"God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man."

"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."

"Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him."

"Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure."

"Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never."

"They who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

"Observe all men, thyself most."

"If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone."

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

"One today is worth two tomorrows."

"He that's secure is not safe."

"Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities."

"Necessity never made a good bargain."

"Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it."

"Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes."

"Applause waits on success."

"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is."

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