Once a wolf, always a wolf.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

The value is in the worth, not in the number.

Much wants more and loses all.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

An idea, like a ghost, must be spoken to a little before it will explain itself.

We all go through times of self-doubt, times when we may question our abilities and hope we can live up to the expectations of others.

The only thing that you can get into without a lot of trouble is a lot of trouble.

The projectors in the theater practically shut down with boredom.

There are not millions of deaths. It happens millions of times that someone dies.

You might be a redneck if you keep a fly swatter in the front seat of the car so you can reach your kids in the back seat of the car.

I believe in love and marriage, but not necessarily with the same person

The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.

I'm fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies - in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.