Many virtues, when carried too far, become vices.
Envy is a vice which does not pay. If you let your envy be apparent, you advertise your failure.
Nothing is less common than common-sense.
Whenever you can, pay cash for what you buy. A bill owing is like port wine—it generally improves by keeping.
There are people whose signature has no more significance at the end of a letter of insults than it has value at the bottom of a cheque.